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3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

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Andrew Jassy

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57% positive business outlook

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1.0
May 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Massive scale — you work on problems most companies will never see, and the resume signal is real. - Strong internal mobility; transfers between teams and orgs are common once you're in. - Compensation is competitive at senior levels, with meaningful RSU refreshers if you perform. - Ownership culture means you get autonomy early — no one is holding your hand, for better or worse.

Cons

- On-call and operational load is heavy; work-life balance depends entirely on your team and manager. - Frugality principle shows up in tooling, travel, and perks — expect less polish than peer FAANGs. - Stack-ranking and PIP culture (URA/Focus) creates real anxiety, especially in years 2–3 when RSUs cliff. - Bureaucracy and doc-writing overhead (6-pagers, narratives) can slow execution to a crawl.

2.0
May 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good place to be scrappy. You can literally find any problem and solve it

Cons

Org specific. Managers can build careers or keep it stagnant. Have not received an increment since 5 years after killing it. They say I am at top of my band and promotion is in process.

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