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Overworked, understaffed, underpaid - Controls Engineer Amazon Web Services Employee Review

1.0
1 Oct 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nothing really comes to mind unless you enjoy being abused. They used to allow us to work remotely unless needed on site but no longer.

Cons

Unsustainable work loads, understaffing, gaslighting, you name it. When I first started a lot of our projects really did bring value to our customers but now the only projects that are being done is fluff for manager promotions. Hard work is not rewarded, only flashing documentation that makes it look like you work hard.

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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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