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Amazon Web Services

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Amazon going down hills due to lack of good leaders - Software Development Engineer (SDE) III Amazon Web Services Employee Review

3.0
23 Oct 2025
Recommend
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Pros

I've grown my career entirely in Amazon, all engineers and managers I've worked with have been excellent, or competent mostly. It's a place where people can grow their skills and career.

Cons

I've changed team once, and now looking for external job due to same reason: org and projects changing every single week. And unfortunately there's no good mechanism in place to stop these things, people usually choose to leave, either to other org or just leave the company for good.

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5.0
22 June 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Strong engineering culture, competitive pay, great learning opportunities, and excellent internal mobility across teams.

Cons

Work-life balance can be tough, on-call rotations are demanding, and the pace is fast with high expectations.

3.0
1 July 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Strong place to be early in your career as it provides valuable training and the brand recognition can create strong future opportunities. - Is great if you’re interested in what you’re doing/selling

Cons

- 5 days in office is not great for work/life balance - If your manager doesn’t like you, good luck! - 401k match is lower than most companies - Base salary compensation is weak compared to other big tech - Leveling/career progression is near impossible due to reorgs leading to a promotion “freeze” - Role can evolve over time in ways that may not align with original job expectations

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