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Amazon Web Services

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Amazon Web Services reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(13,973 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 13,973 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
Aug 29, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- High starting pay - Great benefits - Generally good co-workers

Cons

- Literal pennies when it comes to raises. - Use of stocks in promotions to penny-pinch base wage increase. - Very poor training. - No clear path to climb ranks. - Obvious nepotism among many managers. - Management often buckles under higher-ups. - Teams providing support are often rude, inconsiderate, and provide no actual assistance. - Extreme lack in recognition and morale. - Management is often clocked-out and MIA.

1.0
Aug 22, 2024

Applicants BEWARE

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Offer up front bonuses

Cons

- Amazon will terminate you after year 2 so they do not have to payout your stocks. - Excessive work hours - Will use inaccurate performance data to terminate you. - Put the “Cult” in culture

1.0
Jul 26, 2024

The meat grinder

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work force from L2-L5 IC's and front line managers.

Cons

AWS invests in infrastructure, not employees. Their safety protocols are shockingly behind industrial standards. They have grown too fast without support the basics and fundamentals. Their training program is an awful concoction of tribal knowledge and outdated wiki pages. If you get permission to do anything, you better get it in writing because management would rather sacrifice you instead of having your back. This environment is ripe to create a situation that will kill someone, literally. Especially considering the severe lack of understanding and guidance that is facilitated and allowed to prosper. Their performance measure system constantly pits people against each other or against standards that are rarely defined beyond vague generalities.

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