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Amazon Web Services

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Good for start at FAANG, but not good for personal improvement - Systems Development Engineer Amazon Web Services Employee Review

3.0
Oct 17, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Relatively easy to get here - More or less healthy people's environment

Cons

- Amazon is not loyal to employees at all - Offices are horrible - Almost no benefits in offices or outside - Horrible compensation and vesting plan - Internal tools are outdated and they won't benefit in your value outside the company - A lot of bureaucracy with very slow processes

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5.0
Apr 23, 2026
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Pros

good work life balance; many transfer opportunities

Cons

less base pay than industry average

3.0
Jun 13, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Good pay - Interesting work (team dependent)

Cons

- Politics often gets in the way of good work - Clueless, rudderless leadership just cause problems (can be org dependent) - People are encouraged to only do things that check arbitrary criteria for promotion, trying to do what's best or what's right is discouraged - Not many extra benefits compared to other big tech - Work/life balance can be rough (team dependent)

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