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Amazon Web Services

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Inclusiveness and pay better than most - System Development Engineer Amazon Web Services Employee Review

5.0
18 Oct 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pay is great compared to competition. Health benefits are solid. Onboarding is in depth. Communication with higher ups is relatively open. Working from home is not an issue.

Cons

The golden handcuffs are strong. Low 401k contributions compared to some other companies.

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5.0
27 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great job. I’ve learned so much it is just hard with 5 day rto

Cons

The 5 day RTO mandate

3.0
21 Jun 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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