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Your worst nightmare - SDE-2 Amazon Web Services Employee Review

1.0
Feb 17, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing to mention really, stay away

Cons

expect 70+ hrs per week Crazy deadlines The system is designed to drain engineers and kick them out, then repeat since they also spend no time for training or ramp up, so they lose nothing

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Pros

Unmatched Scale: You get to work on systems that handle millions of requests per second. The technical challenges are genuinely fascinating and great for your career. Smart Colleagues: You are surrounded by incredibly sharp engineers. You will learn more here in one year than in three years at most other companies.

Cons

Work-Life Balance (WLB): Highly dependent on your team, but generally poor. On-call rotations can be brutal, and there is a constant pressure to deliver more, faster. Burnout Culture: The "Day 1" mentality means things move fast, but it also leads to high turnover. The stack-ranking and PIP (Performance Improvement Plan) culture creates unnecessary anxiety.

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