Amazon Web Services Sr. Design Program Manager reviews

They work you to the bone. Overtime creeps up and suddenly it is part of the norm. Doing 16+ hour days were common. Work load was imbalanced compared to other team mates on other teams. The biggest downfall is the constant churn. That is through their stupid pay structure where you make less each year but supposedly gain additional stock. The first 4 years are laid out when you receive an offer and most leave at the steep drop-off at the end of year 2. On top of this we saw a lot of favoritism. The lowest 12% could be eliminated in a Performance Improvement Plan. I saw others go through this process and no matter how good their review or contributions, it became a game of favorites. You could be "voted off the island" and they were offered money to leave or if they failed a smaller severance. Also the return too office mandate and the layoffs have killed the diversity that was beginning to grow from remote workers with a lot to offer, Many of those DEI employees were cut.

Stability and constant change of priorities