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      Amazon Web Services reviews

      3.6

      62% would recommend to a friend

      (14,059 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 14,059 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
      1.0
      Mar 13, 2026

      Corporate slavery

      Customer support
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      good salary, remote work (once in a month from office)

      Cons

      Worse experience in my IT career. No training, learn everything by yourself, KPI pressure, Seatle used to made dumb decisions without even proper notification of branches. No QA,seems like software developers also under KPI pressure and push dumb software changes without proper testing. Many weird changes in mectrics, interface, tools. Do not sacrifice your life and health for salary, it does not worth it.

      3.0
      Mar 12, 2026

      Technically elite, but socially cold and transactional

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Unmatched technical scale: Working on aws provides exposure to some of the most complex distributed systems in the world. High job security: Core infrastructure teams are generally more stable and less prone to layoffs compared to consumer-facing orgs. Career leverage: The Amazon/AWS brand on a resume opens doors to any top-tier tech company in the future. Strong TC: Compensation is highly competitive for the Vancouver market.

      Cons

      Transactional culture: Management can be extremely robotic. There is very little "human" element or warm onboarding, even for returning interns. High operational pressure: The stakes are incredibly high, which often leads to a "always-on" mentality and brief, blunt communication. Lack of belonging: It feels more like being a "resource" in a massive machine than being a valued team member. WLB is team-dependent: Expect to be heavily focused on results with minimal social cushioning.

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