2.0
23 Jun 2008
Current employee
Seattle, WA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
I work for Amazon Web Services, which is definitely the hot spot in the company. Great game-changing technology that is shaking up the industry. Absolutely no complaints about what we are doing.
Cons
Amazon has a culture of secrecy, both inside--and especially outside-- the company. They are so obsessive about this that it costs them trust. And trust is money. But worse, Amazon describes itself as frugal. Translated into your experience as an employee, that means cheap. So they do things like delay expense checks, apparently in order to maximize float, and cut corners on salaries and benefits compared to tech industry norms.