Amazon, Apple Employees Share a Surging Workplace Complaint That Can Overshadow Even the Biggest Salaries A new analysis gives insight into the employee experience at some of the largest companies in the U.S.
By Amanda Breen Edited by Jessica Thomas
Key Takeaways
- Entry-level software engineers at tech giants can earn base salaries starting above $150,000.
- But pay isn't the only thing that matters — and one common workplace struggle is on the rise.
It's no secret that tech roles often come with major benefits — from the potential to work in a remote or hybrid capacity to attractive compensation packages scarcely seen in other industries. A newly graduated software engineer can expect to earn between $156,000 and $223,000 per year at Amazon or $207,000 to $297,000 per year at Apple, according to data from Glassdoor, a website that compiles anonymous workplace reviews.
Although pay is an important factor for U.S. workers, it's not the only one that matters. Burnout continues to be a widespread and rising problem in the U.S. workforce. Recent research from U.S. automaker Ford showed that the majority of Americans would take a pay cut for better work-life balance, and a 2021 study from employee well-being and engagement organization Limeade revealed burnout as the No. 1 reason workers left their former employers.
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A new study from BBADegree, an organization that provides information on Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree programs and their specializations, analyzed the Glassdoor reviews for more than 500 of the largest companies in the U.S. to rank the companies and industries according to where workers experience the most burnout. The research team scraped for "burnout" mentions in the "cons" sections of company reviews and created a ratio of those mentions to overall reviews, a spokesperson for the organization said.
Some recognizable companies landed in the top spots for burnout industry-wide: Progressive, Chipotle Mexican Grill, AutoNation, Hertz Global Holdings and Starbucks received burnout ratings ranging from 98.11 to 81.97, respectively, on a scale of 1-100, per the research. Tech companies received lower burnout ratings overall, but those that ranked highly in comparison to the rest of their industry include Paychex (52.88), Amazon (50.22), Coinbase (43.83), Apple (41.62) and Netflix (39.45).
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Check out which 10 tech companies see the most employee burnout based on BBADegree's criteria below:
- Paycheck
- Amazon
- Coinbase
- Apple
- Netflix
- HubSpot
- SS&C Technologies
- Automatic Data Processing
- Trade Desk
- Datadog
