Amazon

"It’s a demanding, high intensity environment. That may work for you and your working style, but limited time is available to build relationships and it’s not a place where you are inherently supported - you must request and sometimes follow up on support. Depending on your role, you may have flexibility but the workload is probably at least 1.5-2x what you’re accustomed to, with limited tolerance for a learning curve. There’s a lot to learn and it is very sink or swim - leaders have referred to this as purposeful Darwinism. "

"Dont work here it kinda sucks 0 out of 10"

"Be prepared to work long hours. Weekends, and holidays. Family time is difficult."

"Not a lot of diversity and usually a bro culture. "

"Go in with the understanding that you may not always be on the same shift long term because it's always "what's best for the business". That means moving hours, days to nights, even relocating to another location if necessary."

"Be prepared to be worked to death. Southern Star Express"

"Varies drastically from team to team. Overall struggles with work-life balance with regular emails/messages well before and after standard business hours. Generally tasks all feel urgent v. being prioritized effectively. "

"Be prepared to be a part of a boy's club"

"Very long hours and very male dominated. Would not recommend"

"Need to level the pay between internal and external hires. "

"Most of the most are men who will try to hook up with you. The benefits are great but don't waste your time with amazon."

"Research the team and the leadership. If possible, join a team with other new employees and a leader with Amazon experience."

"Every team is different. I have seen some that are led by women and have excellent work/life balance, kind and logical leadership, etc., but I am not on one of those teams. If there are very few women on the team, none in leadership, and no working mothers, tread carefully."

"If you come from a staffing background this type of environment Could be hard to assimilate with because the only thing you really chase it in the role is to go full-time no bonuses etc."

"Amazon is willing to take as much time as you're willing to give it. "

"Good pay hourly, but it remains the same no work life balance"

"It was difficult at first to put my prior work experience to practice and be valued. But instead, I learned a new skillset and the team was super supportive."

"Definitely depends on your team/manager/peers. Unfortunately I was not lucky to find myself in a supportive team. I’m the only female, had to fight for a fair, uncontestable promotion to be ranked among my male teammates with equal amounts of experience, and struggle everyday to feel valued and listened to. It has gotten harder and more tense since I told my manager I would be taking advantage of the maternity leave benefits."

"This depends on your team. Certain teams have more women in higher leadership, but overall you’ll see more men in VP and Senior VP positions. "

"It really depends on your leadership. I've had good experiences but I have also witnessed people in leadership make sexist comments in meetings."

"Specifically, I am talking about working at Amazon's corporate headquarters, not a fulfillment center. While I enjoyed my time here (about two and a half years), Amazon has developed a culture that is bizarre and doesn't really focus on people improving in their current positions. They encourage employees to move around and get new jobs in-house after about eighteen months, which means that every department is in a state of constant turmoil and shorthanded. Just as you become good at what you do, you're encouraged to move to a different position, which makes no sense. Additionally, promotions to higher levels are often impossible because of rigidity in the culture. For example, if you are a Level 6 and would like to be promoted to Level 7 based on your work and merit, you can't be promoted unless you have six direct reports. Most of the higher level positions are held by men, and trust me when I tell you that men frequently talk over you in meetings. It's really annoying. Amazon culture also places priority on mechanizing and creating identical processes for everything, which is great if you're creating widgets, but not so great if you want people to be strategic thinkers or come up with creative PR or marketing campaigns. I was let go from Amazon about a year ago, not for cause. I spent five months taking Amazon to court to get my unemployment benefits, which they denied initially because they told Washington State that I quit. I discovered after doing a lot of research that -- because turnover at Amazon is so high -- they actually have a company on retainer whose whole focus is denying unemployment to people who are let go. After two court hearings, both of which no representative of Amazon showed up for, I won my case and was awarded my back unemployment pay. I met some great people at Amazon, many of whom I am still friends with. But the culture is toxic. I wouldn't recommend working there if you are a creative thinker."

"Set your expectations upon hire. Not all managers and teams are understanding of what it means to be a working parent. Do your research and ask a lot of questions before accepting a role. "