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Amazon Web Services

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Originally solid place to work, ruined by Jassy & RTO - Software Development Engineer II Amazon Web Services Employee Review

2.0
Sep 29, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Large variety of possible roles (if you don't like yours, you can find another) * Generally lots of freedom for innovation * Lots of different types of services and tech stacks. You can find your niche. * Generally pretty decent office buildings * Good stepping stone to get better jobs * Excellent pay and stock

Cons

* Excessive RTO policy (5 days) without proper infrastructure to support it. I was forced to sit in random chairs in random lobbies because there weren't enough desks * Orgs will randomly switch you between Seattle and Bellevue with hardly any notice. I got moved to Bellevue from Seattle, then back to Seattle again. * Lots of really toxic, aggressive, egomaniacal micromanagers. Some parts of the company are absolute hell: understaffed, with unrealistic expectations * Highly disorganized. Poor documentation strewn all over the place

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5.0
Jun 26, 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
Jun 21, 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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