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      Amazon Web Services reviews

      3.6

      62% would recommend to a friend

      (13,872 total reviews)
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      Matt Garman

      52% approve of CEO

      62% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.0

      Senior management

      Amazon Web Services has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 13,872 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amazon Web Services employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      14K reviews
      3.0
      Feb 2, 2024

      Good Resume Builder, But Not A Career Destination

      Sr. account executive
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Entrepreneurial, think big culture; Broad opportunity to engage across the Amazon ecosystem

      Cons

      Hunger Games-like atmosphere due to stack ranking/required attrition; Progression mainly based on ability to play politics...and quality of many leaders are a reflection of this.

      1.0
      Jan 31, 2024

      Pip Factory

      Senior technical program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good salary, but nothing else.

      Cons

      Very hard on new employees, bullying and harassments is the norm if you have been there under 2 years. New employees laid off first, and then the left overs were all PIPed within 6 months. Seen several horrible things go on here.

      2.0
      Dec 19, 2023

      A lot of donkeywork and bad work/life balance

      Senior software engineer (l5)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Mega-Backdoor Roth IRA (you can save a lot on taxes using this) - You get to see how such a big and critical service as AWS operates. There is a lot to learn on the good procedures and protocols that are in place here, that keep AWS working like a clock, prevent bad decision makings (mostly) and make the system anti-fragile. Procedures such as CorrectionOfError (CoE), Operational Readiness Reviews, API Bar Raisers, Working backwards from a hypothetical press release, ... - The UI design system (CloudScape) is marvelous. UI work is so much smoother than other companies because of it. - Culture encourages engineers to challenge managers and seniors on their technical decisions. No shame in calling out your manager or disputing a design document. - Culture of writing a lot of documents especially design docs and consulting the whole team before acting.

      Cons

      - Culture of bad work/life balance, even in the Boston office. It's not limited to Seattle HQ. - Your work even as senior software engineer is mostly donkey work. It's like fixing 1000 bugs. It serves no purpose for your career development. Most tooling is internal Amazon-specific so no transferable skills there either. - Perks are terrible compared to other FAANG (401k match only 4%, only 6 holidays per year, no gym expense, ...)

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