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It's either good or bad - Systems Administrator Amazon Web Services Employee Review

4.0
Dec 15, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon doesn't act like a company, it's more like thousands of tiny startups in a trench coat acting like 1 company. When it's good, it's good, but when it's bad, it's really bad.

Cons

Each team has some similarities, but the thing I've noticed is your team is either doing well or it's struggling, and it's rare to see that change. When a team is doing well, it's great, but if your team is low-performing, it rarely gets better, and you need to get out before you get sucked down with it.

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5.0
Jun 14, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent work life balance, great engineers

Cons

Wish the work was more interesting not their fault tho.

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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