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Amazon Web Services

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learn a lot at the expense of your health - Software Engineer Amazon Web Services Employee Review

3.0
7 Mar 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You get to work with remarkably talented colleagues and challenging large-scale projects. You'll experience significant professional growth while earning a competitive salary. The steep learning curve and exposure to impactful work make it an attractive place for career development.

Cons

The work-life balance is particularly problematic, with an overwhelming culture of overwork that makes maintaining personal boundaries extremely difficult, even for those who actively try to do so. The peer pressure to work overtime is constant, as extended hours seem to be the norm rather than the exception. Additionally, the company lacks standard benefits - there are no meal allowances, bonuses, or other perks that are commonly offered in the industry today.

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5.0
22 June 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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
21 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Ambitious projects if you're in the right team. Typically great team-mates. Don't believe the memes, the ppl are not back stabbing jerks but are overall genuinely nice. Not constrained by budgets when building cool things. Tools while sometimes clunky are powerful.

Cons

Schizophrenic lack of focus, entire teams get split, merged and upended multiple times a quarter. Some product managers are disconnected from reality. It didn't use to be the case, the PM-Ts were previously top notch. You're pushed to vibe code everything. Established products with loyal customers are getting neglected. Newer VP level leaders don't seem to know what they are doing. Veteran OG VP level leaders are either leaving in droves or seem stressed or checked out.

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