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Amazon Web Services

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Fast-paced and diverse top tech US company - Security Engineer Amazon Web Services Employee Review

4.0
8 Feb 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. 100% remote working with option to go to office. 2. Good career progression; no quota for promotion. 3. Generous paycheck and sign-on bonus. 4. Huge diversity. 5. No micromanagement; you have complete trust to do your job (and support if needed).

Cons

1. Tools and processes are surprisingly clunky, frustrating to use at first. 2. You obviously have to be interested in AWS technology, which can be dry for some. This can also be a steep learning curve. 3. Fast-paced with (healthy) competition — you snooze, you lose! May be stressful at times. 4. Heavy on the pay scale, but minimal company perks.

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5.0
14 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Decent work life balance, great engineers

Cons

Wish the work was more interesting not their fault tho.

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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