Amazon India Holidays 2016

Amazon is the oldest and largest e-commerce giant on the earth. Under the leadership of Jeff Bezos, the company is capturing the Indian e-commerce market. It has multiplied its work force in India. In Bangalore, the company used to operate from Brigade Gateway in the Yeshwantpur area. Now the company has opened a new facility in the outer ring road. The company is a paymaster in India with attractive stock options. It pays 20 lakh plus in premier Engineering colleges. It can also give 100% increment to lateral hires. The variable pay and vesting of stocks is spread across 3 years. In the last 3 years, the stock price has grown exponentially. So overall, Amazon has a lucrative career option.

In the past, It has attracted bad press related to work-life balance but most of the employees are satisfied with the work culture. They provide cab facility for most of the teams. If you are looking for strictly 9:00 to 6:00 job, then this is not the right place. But if you can stretch a bit and may be work from 10:00 to 8:00, then no one will question you. Since the company is growing and giving a tough competition to other e-commerce players in India, the employees are motivated to contribute to the growth of the company. Overall, the company gives 10 holidays in a calendar year. See the detailed Holiday calendar for India:

• “*” Denotes Mandatory holidays and remaining are Optional holidays
• One cannot avail additional optional holiday (in-lieu) if any mandatory holiday falls on a weekend or on weekly off
• Mandatory Holidays are applicable for respective states only, employees cannot use those as optional holiday in another state
• In total, employees in India are eligible for 10 daysincluding ‘Mandatory and Optional Holidays’ in a calendar year