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Some good, lot of bad - Corporate Counsel Amazon Web Services Employee Review

2.0
Dec 3, 2024
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Pros

Breadth of experience - you'll be thrown into the deep end of the pool often. Very sink or swim culture which means that you get quite a bit of exposure and opportunities to learn.

Cons

Constant reorgs, little to no mentorship, highly political promotion process, etc. WLB is team dependent but on the AWS side, expect to be quite busy on average. There's a constant sense that everything is an emergency; not helpful that it's normalized by many managers. There are definitely some diamonds in the rough but your stability and pressures are overwhelmingly driven by manager personality.

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Strong engineering culture, competitive pay, great learning opportunities, and excellent internal mobility across teams.

Cons

Work-life balance can be tough, on-call rotations are demanding, and the pace is fast with high expectations.

5.0
Jul 13, 2026
Recommend
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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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