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Amazon Web Services

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Serious cultural problems. Great with customers, terrible at managing the team - Senior Leader Amazon Web Services Employee Review

1.0
16 Dec 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Best technology out there, if you want to build fast and big Unending number of jobs to try over time in a variety of fields Good compensation

Cons

Forced attrition goals can motivate managers to push people out just to hit a number rather than build people up. Encourages all sorts of bad behaviors. Employees are not told for months that they are on the first phase of an improvement plan and then get surprised with an offer to exit. No transparency, no accountability.

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5.0
26 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Awesome team - great culture. Very customer focused.

Cons

It's not a great fit for folks who are not aligned to the culture.

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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