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Extremely feast or famine, based on reporting chain - Software Development Engineer Amazon Web Services Employee Review

3.0
Nov 3, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

When things are going well there's a lot of autonomy, great opportunities to develop interesting things, and a lot of respect for work/life balance.

Cons

As soon as anything goes wrong, or if the org shifts to put a poor manager in your reporting chain (which happens frequently), things get ugly fast. Arbitrary firings or under-performance punishment, micro-management of responsibility with curtailing of power to do anything to meet those responsibilities, and more. Internal promotions are hilariously terrible. If you don't get the precisely calibrated project (which are always in short supply) that has just the right people taking careful notice of it, you're far better served boomerang'ing.

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5.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
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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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