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Don't work here if you enjoy having a life - Security Engineer Amazon Web Services Employee Review

3.0
May 17, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Small teams. Fast pace. Good synergy within the organization - easy to escalate if necessary.

Cons

The politics are ridiculous and brutal. You'll be fired or managed out if someone in your management chain doesn't like you. No work/life balance - on call 24/7 for a week is unpleasant and it's not paid. Goals are unrealistic and change frequently. And the leadership principles are now a shadow of their former selves, used to gaslight employees into compliance.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great team when you have a manager and full team that works well and collaborates well. Stock is great. And you know when youre doing well, the pay increase is roughly the same as everyone else.

Cons

Low perks compared to other FAANG companies and most teams have high turn over

3.0
Jul 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Remote allowed at the time; Professional Services org had great mid-tier leadership that made work rewarding.

Cons

Higher level leadership absolutely terrible; working at AWS you'll always be on the chopping block due to factors completely out of your control. Not even partially out of your control, but completely out of even your organization's control.

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