Amazon Web Services reviews

Great onboarding: The three month onboarding experience was very helpful in understanding company culture, my organization, and the various tools I needed to learn to be successful at my job. Good compensation: pay is good but I would recommend people get familiar with levels.fyi to understand total compensation packages, pay scales, and leveling at Amazon. Diverse group: My new-hire cohort was very diverse and many had incredible backgrounds working in various fields. My team is also quite diverse and have experience in fields that were not related to the job which is a great. Room for growth & innovation: the liberty to create things and to spearhead initiatives is wonderful. You are given the room to fail but also to learn from your mistakes. Each team has metrics which they are measured against and they are very high. My advice is that if you are consistently looking for ways to innovate and improve how you do things you will be surprised how much room you are given to fail. Mentorship and mentoring: it's great that you are able to connect with just about anyone at the company. If timed and done correctly, you can meet with people who are much higher in the organization to be mentored by them or simple to get to know them. Taking the initiative to reach out while being considerate of their time will yield you some pretty cool meetings. Also, being part of such a big organization you will have people reach out to you at events, social media, in-person, etc. for career advice and mentoring. These are wonderful opportunities to impact someone's life in a positive way by helping them navigate the demands and expectations of the industry.

Great learning experience and good peer interactions