Is Amazon Web Services a good company to work for?

Amazon Web Services has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 16,884 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 62% of employees would recommend working at Amazon Web Services to a friend and 62% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Amazon Web Services have been left by employees working as Senior Customer Solutions Manager , Applied Scientist Intern and Inside Sales Representative .

Does Amazon Web Services pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Amazon Web Services employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Amazon Web Services. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Amazon Web Services?

62% of Amazon Web Services employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Amazon Web Services 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon Web Services?

Software Engineer (878) , Solutions Architect (502) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (474) , Cloud Support Engineer (406) , Software Development Engineer (338) , Account Manager (297) , Program Manager (193) , Cloud Support Associate (185) , Data Center Technician (178) , Cloud Support Engineer I (161) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) II (150) , Senior Solutions Architect (140) , Cloud Support Engineer II (131) , Cloud Engineer (127) , Account Executive (117)

What are the pros of working at Amazon Web Services according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good for an intern and there’s a lot of room for growth because it’s a huge company" ((in 1136 reviews)); "It’s fun and the people are great" ((in 743 reviews)); "Learning is good and salary too" ((in 526 reviews)); "And also it offers good benefits" ((in 500 reviews)); "Very generous with budget (if your team is performing well and the economy is great)" ((in 431 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon Web Services according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance and I don’t recommend If anyone looking for 9" ((in 903 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 427 reviews)); "You can get bad managers and or teams which can hinder growth and mental health." ((in 384 reviews)); "Poor leadership and will want to reach pip quota" ((in 243 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs without notice or explanation (employees encouraged to "focus on work" and not worry about layoff speculation)." ((in 236 reviews))

What are employees saying about Amazon Web Services layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Amazon Web Services layoffs and their outlook for job security at Amazon Web Services in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Amazon Web Services locations?

Seattle , New York , Arlington , Herndon , Dallas , Austin , San Francisco , Boston , Washington , Atlanta , Santa Clara , Chicago , Los Angeles , Palo Alto , Sterling , Houston , Ashburn , Denver , San Jose , Sunnyvale , Bellevue , Manassas , Columbus , Portland , Boardman , San Diego , Chantilly , Nashville , Charlotte , East Palo Alto

Amazon Web Services reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(14,022 total reviews)

Matt Garman

52% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

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Amazon Web Services has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 14,022 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).

Reviews by job title

14K reviews

1.0

Jun 27, 2024

Too many lies

Logistics specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free to do things such as listen to music while working. only coworkers, no more difficult customers to deal with.

Cons

Harassment Too many lies about promotion to get you to do better. Will only get promoted if you put pressure or if you’re best friends with the manager.

1.0

Jun 17, 2024

The Worst

Senior solutions architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great backend tech, but peel back the onion and you'll see terrible engineering behavior. Taking work and not giving credit to the ProServe that originally developed the product, because the engineering folks have to prove they are producing to keep their job. It creates a culture of pushing others down to prove your value. I saw this from the outside without committing a single line of code, but can you blame engineering for stealing code when they have a family and have to keep their H1B status or leave Seattle and get shipped back to India?

Cons

AWS is the worst company I've worked for in over 20 years of employment. All that glitters is not gold. They tell you upfront that the average tenure of an employee is 1 year, so you need to ask yourself why people won't last. There is a huge variety in Sales. Some accounts are incredibly well-run run and some are dysfunctional. I complained to HR, got "pivoted" out the door and now I'm making an angry post on Glassdoor. Our sales staff shouldn't have inappropriate relationships with multiple people in our customer's leadership team. Ethics in sales needs to be a bigger deal and stop firing people who try to wake you up.

1.0

Jun 5, 2024

Never Again

Training and sales enablement manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Incredibly smart people who consistently raise the bar

Cons

So many things...lack of trust, ridiculous RTO policies, not re-leveling on pay grades, non-stop reorgs

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