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Amazon Web Services reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(14,023 total reviews)
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Matt Garman

52% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Amazon Web Services has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 14,023 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amazon Web Services employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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14K reviews
2.0
Mar 9, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Work in itself is interesting 2. The scale at which you operate is unmatched most of the times 3. Some of the smartest people around

Cons

1. Leadership is toxic and can get pretty controlling 2. Pay isn't great as compared to some other companies 3. Performance review cycle is extremely competitive and toxic and doesn't let you breathe 4. Deadlines over Quality (always) 5. Operational pain as oncalls 6. Can get very bureaucratic

2.0
Feb 16, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If part of a professionally HEALTHY branch of the organization (not my experience but those of my peers): There are ample opportunities for growth and advancement. Leaders and mentors provide direction and advice for career paths. Opportunity to create robust workflow with additional project management and team collaboration Leadership principles are incorporated into daily work/life Mechanisms created to streamline project management and communication. Documentation created to incorporate team feedback, with full visibility into forward thinking goals and roadmaps. Thorough and inclusive review process.

Cons

If part of a professionally UNHEALTHY branch of the organization (my personal experience, upon which my ratings are based): Complete disregard for work/life balance, as leadership only focuses on outward facing customers and the end product. When I addressed a potential solution for improving organization morale, the response I received was "If they want to go, they go. That can't be my problem. I don't have time for this and we'll find somebody else". Lack of transparent communication surrounding projects and milestones. Abrupt changing of direction and priorities, without considering lack of employee resources or time for completion. Leadership's lack of trust in their directs and their teams, causing high levels of micromanagement and 6 plus hours of meetings per day, not allowing for actual work production. Leadership insulting, shaming and berating upper management and their teams in a public forum, including in the presence of senior VPs.

1.0
Feb 8, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing that I can think of

Cons

Bad management- manager always BS and no transparency Culture is terrible No respect to employees No benefits It like a cult, you need to keep repeating the meaningless Leadership Principal

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