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Amazon Web Services

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Interesting projects sometimes... company is losing the plot - Software Engineer Amazon Web Services Employee Review

2.0
Feb 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Work with smart people and projects can be complex/interesting

Cons

- Company tries to control you over things that don't matter i.e. first RTO3 then RTO5 then rumors of tracking average in office hours a day. When does it stop? Why does it matter? No autonomy as grown adults - Not a blameless culture, teams/individuals quick to throw others under the bus when an issue arises - RSU grants are based on an expected 15% YoY growth and we are well below that target - Seems like we were once industry leaders and now just playing catch up to companies who are doing better in certain verticals - Under the guise of the leadership principle of "frugality", the company nickels and dimes the perks given to employees. If you are forcing people to come into the office at least give them a reason to want to come in instead of charging them $10 for a crappy sandwich

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Strong engineering culture, competitive pay, great learning opportunities, and excellent internal mobility across teams.

Cons

Work-life balance can be tough, on-call rotations are demanding, and the pace is fast with high expectations.

3.0
Jun 21, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ambitious projects if you're in the right team. Typically great team-mates. Don't believe the memes, the ppl are not back stabbing jerks but are overall genuinely nice. Not constrained by budgets when building cool things. Tools while sometimes clunky are powerful.

Cons

Schizophrenic lack of focus, entire teams get split, merged and upended multiple times a quarter. Some product managers are disconnected from reality. It didn't use to be the case, the PM-Ts were previously top notch. You're pushed to vibe code everything. Established products with loyal customers are getting neglected. Newer VP level leaders don't seem to know what they are doing. Veteran OG VP level leaders are either leaving in droves or seem stressed or checked out.

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