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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

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
4.0
Jun 22, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This company prefers to hire internally, so once you are in, it is easier to move to different roles and further your career. But this can highly depend on your manager. If they are good managers they would help you move to the next step in your career. You get to work with some of the most brilliant people in the world and work on some of the coolest, most innovative and new technologies. It pays well (this can depend on the current economy situation, your manager, and overall team).

Cons

Burnout culture is real. The workload is a lot. Sometimes it is too much. It can be a very high-stress, fast-paced environment. AWS is a machine that will keep on taking and taking whatever you give. So it is up to you to draw the line and dictate when you should stop working. Work-life balance is not always great for some people. You may end up working weekends, stressing about work during your vacation, etc. Its not for the weak. It is also not for the long term.

1.0
Apr 13, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Regionally the pay is good. Coworkers are helpful when you find the right shift partners. The work is challenging and feels meaningful.

Cons

There is a good old boy club in leadership and that has built a team culture of back biting and two faced friendships. Don't bring your personal life to work or that will be used against you. At the lowest levels we can feel leadership is out to find a new people to LE and push out more than it has ever done before. This company is eating its self into obscurity. It's growing so fast here but they are so eager to get rid of so many good people. They invest in us but also lack the vision to invest in quality growth. They assign online learning for technical information, policies, leadership growth, and Amazon's own version of their how to's. What they lack the is ongoing person to person growth and learning. They run teams below true minimum need which means evey team suffers trying to catch up. It results in low quality work on every level and team.

2.0
Apr 10, 2023

Fast Paced, Politics, But Pays

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Exposure to multiple types of AWS services and processes that can be leveraged in similar positions in other companies Bonus and Stock Options were great when the company was doing well, but overall it's good to have a little nest for the future Clean and secure work campuses adjacent to great food and commuting routes

Cons

Heavy political atmosphere where hard work pays off less than brown nosing Multiple ambiguous projects that can go either way as enjoyable or painful depending on who you are as a person Less global off site occurrences unlike pre-Covid where the company would send staff to venues for learning and cultivating team cohesion

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