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Wish I never joined - HR Manager Amazon Web Services Employee Review

1.0
Feb 28, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

It's very difficult to get into the company so tenure here is like a badge of honour to others

Cons

The CEO is awful at communicating. Expect to hear about policies that affect your life from external news sources before they are communicated internally. The Return to Office announcement went back on promises made to employees and disrupts so many lives. Don't expect them to be serious about Inclusion. They are so far behind others and still call women 'diverse hires' (like there's no other kind of diversity!) There's no accountability from VPs and senior leaders. When times get tough you can expect monthly meetings to be cancelled so they don't have to answer difficult questions. While people are getting laid off, AWS execs are literally dancing on TV shows and sending emails round to staff asking them to donate money. They talk about being data driven but if they want to do something the data doesn't support they'll just do whatever they want. If you accept an offer, get everything you agree on writing especially in relation to where and when you work. They can and will go back on what you verbally agree. Know that any compensation they give you as RSUs or joining bonuses are completely forfeit if they decide to lay you off.

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5.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Pros

Great team working on interesting work

Cons

Promotions can vary a lot team to team

3.0
Jun 21, 2026
Recommend
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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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