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Get it in writing - Senior Software Engineer Amazon Web Services Employee Review

1.0
Mar 16, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Training and remote onboarding were excellent.

Cons

We've gone from "work where you're most productive" to "you must be in the office" in the space of three months. I honestly thought Amazon ran on data, and follows its Leadership Principles, but apparently that doesn't apply to the CEO and leadership team. The return-to-office dictate has no data to back it up, and a 30,000+ strong petition from concerned employees, backed up by hard data and study after study, is being ignored completely. Instead we're forced back based on 'feelings' about 'culture'... This goes directly against Amazon's climate pledge, and shows that Amazon is just another hulking company bowing to the almighty shareholders. I feel like I was lied to throughout the recruiting and onboarding process, since those focused so much on the Leadership Principles that Amazon's leaders ignore.

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5.0
Jun 26, 2026
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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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