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Amazon Web Services

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A great place for autonomous individuals - Solutions Architect Amazon Web Services Employee Review

4.0
Aug 15, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

The company really leans in to onboard you and get you up to speed with their ways of working and company culture. I was given a generous amount of time to feel comfortable with the role and work through initial training material. The organisation operates at a blistering pace. I found myself having to plan out what I would focus my time on, because its impossible to complete everything (there is always more work at Amazon.) You will never be bored

Cons

This is not necessarily a "con", but reflective thoughts based on my experience. The company is relatively flat for a large enterprise. Lots of what we do is scrappy and startup like in nature. If you are looking for a polished processes and well paved pathways, or you require regular direction to complete your day to day.. perhaps this is not for you. Amazon really expects you to operate autonomously and pave your own adventure. You will have the opportunity to have regular check-ins to make sure you are on track, but you are expected to keep everything moving forward in your role with minimal hand holding.

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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
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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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