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      Amazon Web Services reviews

      3.6

      62% would recommend to a friend

      (14,060 total reviews)
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      Matt Garman

      52% approve of CEO

      62% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.0

      Senior management

      Amazon Web Services has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 14,060 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amazon Web Services employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      14K reviews
      3.0
      Feb 13, 2026

      Worth it for the resume but don't stick around

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of learning opportunities, and if you can keep up you grow fast. Practically unlimited resources to play around with too (employee AWS account, AI tools, etc). Pay is also good, but no longer among the very best, especially with recent stock performance.

      Cons

      Culture is heavily team dependent. I've been on teams where I had pretty good work life balance, and I've had to work 70+ hour weeks. 5 day RTO, lots of bureaucracy, and constant pressure to perform or get PIPd. Depending on the team, on call rotations can also be very bad.

      2.0
      Jan 4, 2026

      Have a 4 year plan to vest and leave

      Technical business development manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You will have the chance to work on some really cool, cutting edge stuff, and are encouraged (can even change your scope or job) to develop a solution to anything you see can be improved.

      Cons

      Even though the company is spending billions on data center development, they will do it at your expense. You will be over scoped, under resourced (spread thin), and even if you are a star performer and receive an “exceeds” on your performance evals, you will likely never gain a promotion (especially beyond L6) or receive a raise of any significance.

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