Amazon Web Services reviews

You will be immersed in the Leadership Principles, which will be mercilessly used against you, or members of your team who are independent thinkers, or who have competence built outside of Amazon. Amazon frequently under-hire, in that they offer you a role beneath what you are capable of performing. Don't take such an offer, as you won't be able to advance quickly. It will take 2 years to demonstrate you can operate at the level you've been hired into, then you might be considered for a promotion. This can be soul destroying when you see the performance of those around you who were offered roles at a higher level. Everything in your role will revolve around what a L8 or higher in the US thinks about you and your performance. Suck up, or get out.

They work you to the bone. Overtime creeps up and suddenly it is part of the norm. Doing 16+ hour days were common. Work load was imbalanced compared to other team mates on other teams. The biggest downfall is the constant churn. That is through their stupid pay structure where you make less each year but supposedly gain additional stock. The first 4 years are laid out when you receive an offer and most leave at the steep drop-off at the end of year 2. On top of this we saw a lot of favoritism. The lowest 12% could be eliminated in a Performance Improvement Plan. I saw others go through this process and no matter how good their review or contributions, it became a game of favorites. You could be "voted off the island" and they were offered money to leave or if they failed a smaller severance. Also the return too office mandate and the layoffs have killed the diversity that was beginning to grow from remote workers with a lot to offer, Many of those DEI employees were cut.