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Amazon Web Services

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Has it's good and bad - SDE-2 Amazon Web Services Employee Review

4.0
23 Apr 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. Innovative Tech, get to work on challenges at scale that I would find rarely anywhere 2. Culture of writing docs for all solutions is way better than any other alternative 3. There are weekly Principal Engineer talks on various topics, I love it.

Cons

1. Leadership isn't as transparent as I'd like them to be about business, layoffs and reorgs are the only times we get to know about the business status. 2. Some of the leaders care only about their own growth and wouldn't care about high attrition of SDE-1s, SDE-2s & SDE-3s 3. WLB? What in the world is that?

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5.0
8 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great team when you have a manager and full team that works well and collaborates well. Stock is great. And you know when youre doing well, the pay increase is roughly the same as everyone else.

Cons

Low perks compared to other FAANG companies and most teams have high turn over

3.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Strong place to be early in your career as it provides valuable training and the brand recognition can create strong future opportunities. - Is great if you’re interested in what you’re doing/selling

Cons

- 5 days in office is not great for work/life balance - If your manager doesn’t like you, good luck! - 401k match is lower than most companies - Base salary compensation is weak compared to other big tech - Leveling/career progression is near impossible due to reorgs leading to a promotion “freeze” - Role can evolve over time in ways that may not align with original job expectations

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