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Former Employee

4.1

Sep 29, 2023

My experience was generally positive, AWS is great at finding the work you love and giving you more of that work than you can imagine. As you would expect that is a double edged sword at 45 years old I can honestly say I’ve never worked this hard, this much, felt so much pressure or missed so much personal life. You will work harder and longer but the pay will not match up, the way the comp actually works you can end up making less the longer you are there because 1/2 of your comp after two years is tied to the stock and RSU’s. They sell employees on the brand, and take full advantage of this, they know what they are doing.

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Current Employee

3.3

Oct 18, 2023

A machine that could work well if everyone wasn't pressured to innovate, which turns into way too many things cooking and nothing being perfected which shows in the market. Managers are predators once moved into mgr role - used to be collaborative environment is now an arena for sparring for favor and avoiding being pipped.

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Current Employee

4.4

Aug 7, 2024

Overall experience has been incredible at AWS. Unless a customer decides to leave, you can coast and hit a good % of your OTE. Work/life balance is important there. Since I started in 2020, culture has changed for the worse and the org feels bloated. We keep rinsing and repeating the same motions, with no innovation. Missing the boat on GenAI was one thing, but now...Read More

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