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Stressful job - Cloud Support Associate Amazon Web Services Employee Review

2.0
1 Sept 2022
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Pros

My manager was nice. Lots of opportunity to learn. AWS looks good on your resume.

Cons

The work is way too stressful, and all metric based. If you have anxiety, the role will be difficult because you have to learn so much in so little time and are expected to help customers with the little training you receive. Live contacts are also hard to deal with as you have to find a solution to an issue quickly. You have to do a certain amount of case resolves per week, and also customers have the ability to rate your response. Most of the time the customer ratings are unjustified but you will get penalized for it anyway. Each team and site have different ways of training. Unfortunately, I did not get proper training in my team and my mentor was very rude. It doesn’t feel fair because my other coworkers in a different site (same team) got a more extensive training program. Also have to mention that if you quit or get fired before working a full year, you will have to pay back your prorated bonus AND relocation stipend. So that means you’d have to pay back around $20,000+ depending on how early you quit. So if you’re considering accepting the role, keep this in mind.

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5.0
8 Jun 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
15 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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