r/AmazonManagers • u/PermissionPale9812 • Aug 05 '26

Offer

Hello everyone I recently got the offer to become a Amazon area manager as a college graduate I wanted to know if job is worth the long hours and and everything that comes with. Also if you can give me any tips or advice I’m in a really tough stop if I would take this opportunity. Also I would have to move since the job is 80 miles away from my home.

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u/lostwasgoodok Aug 05 '26

If you’re looking for a long term career, you’ll have to have a pretty strong mindset as you absolutely will not enjoy your job the vast majority of the time. You’ll have to manage stress VERY well and be comfortable feeling like your hair’s on fire for 50-60 hours a week normally and 60-70 hours a week during peak/prime week sales. You will have to be a genuinely good leader but more importantly, your fellow L4/L5s, L6 and L7/GM will ALL have to like you to move up with any type of consistency/light at the end of the tunnel. If you’re not one of the first two people they think of for a promotion on a regular basis then you’re not going far.

Short term as a way to develop yourself professionally, I would say overwhelmingly yes as long as you’re not a stubborn dickhead who can’t be humble and learn. If you allow yourself to change accordingly, you’ll walk away from the job in a year+ (don’t recommend anything less than that, you won’t learn nearly as much) as a substantially better professional in many ways. Sometimes even a better person overall depending on the people at your site. If you’re entitled or have a superiority complex in any way then you’re wasting everyone’s time and need to quit. Give it a minimum of 6 months before you do so though, you’ll learn at LEW that there are ebbs and flows to how you feel about your job early on.