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Amazon Web Services reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(2,588 total reviews)
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Matt Garman

52% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

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3.0
Jan 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- When you join an excellent team you'll have the best years of your engineer career. - Working on some of the best technology can put your career in hyper drive - Strong mentorship, and at its core a culture of learning from mistakes - Company really does seem to try its best to improve qualify of life for employees

Cons

- Bad teams or aggressive management can break everything, you can spend years doing great work, only to have it all fall apart before you understand what's happening - Unclear performance targets - Problematic org politics

4.0
Jan 25, 2026

Can't complain

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Solutions architect role is decent, not as complained in other forums. You design and dictate your work. Not much pressure except you need to be top of latest tech.

Cons

Growth is pretty slow, and sometimes none. Salary not up to the bar when compared to competitors.

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