Possible Amazon Support Engineer Position

Mitechniq

So a day before Thanksgiving, I got a call while I was frantically looking for some pumpkin salt and pepper shaker for my wife. The guy on the other side of the phone enthusiastically says 'Hey would you love to work for Amazon'. In my head, I was like 'what a stupid way to start a conversation'. I was amused nonetheless, so I said Yes of course. We went briefly into the job position, location (Seattle) and among other things. I hung up and went on with my shaker hunt.... now yesterday I get an email from the Hiring Manager:

The team feels that you are a good fit for this role and would like to schedule a phone interview. I have included a job description for the position below to give you more details. I have also included your recruiter on this email; please feel free to reach out to them for any non-scheduling related questions. This position is located in Seattle, WA and we will provide relocation assistance if applicable.

The job is a Senior Support Engineer for AWS S3.

Does anyone have any experience working for Amazon, I am pretty happy with the work I do now (Security Engineer from Home) but I think I am going to interview just to see where I would fit and if the pay was right, who knows!

Danielm7

I'm just going to leave this here...
What is working for Amazon like? Miserable, totally miserable | BGR

blinkme323

Sadly, I've only heard bad things about working there, but heck you might as well listen to what they have to offer.

gespenstern

Never worked there, but heard that it is at least controversial. Looks like they tend to work more than 40 hours/week and this is encouraged and if you don't you may have problems with reviews.

scaredoftests

Good luck in whatever you decide. Why do those calls come when you are distracted?

Mitechniq

I figured it wasn't going to be a very pleasant place to work at. I had a similar situation when I got offered a job at Space X for a Linux Engineer, but they required a minimum of 60 hrs a week of work. I enjoy very much my work/life balance and it would take a significant amount money, well enough to cover my wife's salary for me to take on so much work. I'll continue with the interview because I think it is always best to perfect your soft skills through actual interviews.

techfiend

I've worked with amazon employees that were field techs and trainers. Not one of them had been home in the last 6 months and they worked 12+ hour days regularly 6 days a week. It might be that way for everyone, also communicated with a few support techs via the field techs and they seemed a happier but showing a positive impression is part of their job.

In the long run, if a company is willing to work their employees that type of hours, I stay far away. It's for workaholics, which I'm not. On a positive note the pay is pretty good until you calculate per hour. $1500 weeks are easily obtainable for the lower skilled field techs but that's just a little over $20 per hour.

Magmadragoon

It's not that bad

Mike-Mike

i dont care how much bad stuff I read about Amazon, if they had a job that appealed to me and paid well, I'd jump on it.

Segovia

Everyone I know who works there absolutely loves it. Sometimes they have to work more than some other guy doing a strict 40, but the kinds of technology you get to work with and the pay far surpasses any other company. My buddy who is a network technician told me about a certain skyscraper in Seattle that is a large backbone for the internet, with something like half of all West Coast traffic passing through it.

If you get a chance to work for them jump on it. The horror stories you hear about definitely aren't true. At least in Seattle.