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Awesome pay and benefits, great people, terrible ramp-up - Software Development Engineer I Amazon Web Services Employee Review

3.0
Oct 26, 2022
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Pros

Work-life balance not at all what others will tell you about FAANG Great manager Great peers Great work culture Great pay Great benefits (cheaper health insurance than my private plan for the same coverage, and additional unexpecteds like on-demand legal assistance)

Cons

Dissonant, disjointed onboarding process, with trainings frequently divorced from the reality of day-to-day development Huge swaths of technology no one actually uses anymore Ask any engineer about something onboarding says to use and the response is "oh, I actually do xyz instead" Senior engineers, while extremely friendly and helpful, don't have enough time to meaningfully coach new hires Awful, insufficiently deep or fully nonexistent documentation for large, complex services

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
Jul 13, 2026
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Pros

Excellent pay/benefits, Safety first mindset, flexible scheduling, fantastic training program, phenomenal team support, convenient locations. Plenty of pathways for career advancement and full support for self promotion. Culture is fantastic. You really can be yourself and make many new friends fast. Teamwork is outstanding. Everyone is always willing to help.

Cons

Growing so fast that it's hard to keep the same manager. I've had four managers in two months. Constantly have to adapt to new procedures and changes and working locations. Always in a state of flux. Standards keep changing all the time

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