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Amazon Web Services

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Good for 4 years - Senior Solutions Architect Amazon Web Services Employee Review

3.0
Apr 9, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

* Lots to learn * No micro managing * Meet great customers * Some Travel

Cons

* Your brand and how it compares to others creates a negative env * Side projects are worth more to the company than what you are hired to do (help customers) * The higher you go the more you are scrutinized in a smaller pool or other SA's that have no outside life.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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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
Jun 15, 2026
Recommend
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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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