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Amazon Web Services

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Safe, comfortable place to work but lots of politics and hard to get promoted - Inside Sales Representative Amazon Web Services Employee Review

4.0
Aug 30, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

A lot of autonomy to coordinate your schedule and what projects you are aligned to. Lack of mgmt oversight and you are trusted to get the job done. Good pay and work life balance.

Cons

Very political and extremely hard to get promoted. Amazonians internally use the saying "you dont get promoted for doing a good job, you get promoted for doing things outside of your role". Amazon is also extremely competitive, with a formal system to manage out poor performers. Every year you receive a rating "very effective, effective or least effective" and if youre in least effective rating, you will be put on a performance plan. Performance is subjective though, and relies alot on your ability to manage up well. Getting promoted for more $ and shares

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Pros

Unmatched Scale: You get to work on systems that handle millions of requests per second. The technical challenges are genuinely fascinating and great for your career. Smart Colleagues: You are surrounded by incredibly sharp engineers. You will learn more here in one year than in three years at most other companies.

Cons

Work-Life Balance (WLB): Highly dependent on your team, but generally poor. On-call rotations can be brutal, and there is a constant pressure to deliver more, faster. Burnout Culture: The "Day 1" mentality means things move fast, but it also leads to high turnover. The stack-ranking and PIP (Performance Improvement Plan) culture creates unnecessary anxiety.

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