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Worst company to work for. - Anonymous employee Amazon Web Services Employee Review

1.0
May 7, 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- you may depending on your team get opportunities to work on latest technologies. Please note, not every team in AWS works on AI - good perks

Cons

- too many random changes - 5 days mandate is the worst one - removing management layer and making engineers managers - giving random promotions even to people who don't even deserve it to remove middle management layer - fooling employees with comp changes - changing people role without taking their consent (forcing them to resign) - too much politics - no work life balance - no freedom of speech - micromanagement - too much favouritism - Promotions are given if your manager writes a doc for you and offcourse that will happen if you are their favourite. You may get Top tier rating year after year but never be promoted - if you work here then you are not a human but just a number.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

Great team when you have a manager and full team that works well and collaborates well. Stock is great. And you know when youre doing well, the pay increase is roughly the same as everyone else.

Cons

Low perks compared to other FAANG companies and most teams have high turn over

3.0
Jun 15, 2026
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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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