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Great teams, terrible managers - Senior Development Manager Amazon Web Services Employee Review

2.0
Jan 31, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Co-workers at L7 and below - very talented, diverse workplace who are all there to work hard, have fun, and make history.

Cons

L8 managers + don't care about the work teams are doing, and use threats to keep people performing at double capacity. Loss of all work-life balance, stressed out employees who are always thinking about the next round of layoffs.

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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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