Does Amazon Web Services pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Amazon Web Services employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Amazon Web Services. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Amazon Web Services?

62% of Amazon Web Services employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Amazon Web Services 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon Web Services?

Software Engineer (878) , Solutions Architect (501) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (472) , Cloud Support Engineer (406) , Software Development Engineer (338) , Account Manager (297) , Program Manager (193) , Cloud Support Associate (185) , Data Center Technician (178) , Cloud Support Engineer I (161) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) II (150) , Senior Solutions Architect (140) , Cloud Support Engineer II (131) , Cloud Engineer (127) , Account Executive (117)

What are the pros of working at Amazon Web Services according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good for an intern and there’s a lot of room for growth because it’s a huge company" ((in 1136 reviews)); "It’s fun and the people are great" ((in 743 reviews)); "Learning is good and salary too" ((in 526 reviews)); "And also it offers good benefits" ((in 500 reviews)); "Very generous with budget (if your team is performing well and the economy is great)" ((in 431 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon Web Services according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance and I don’t recommend If anyone looking for 9" ((in 903 reviews)); "Poor management can lead to unnecessary stress and even impact your standing within the company." ((in 427 reviews)); "You can get bad managers and or teams which can hinder growth and mental health." ((in 384 reviews)); "Poor leadership and will want to reach pip quota" ((in 243 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs without notice or explanation (employees encouraged to "focus on work" and not worry about layoff speculation)." ((in 236 reviews))

What are employees saying about Amazon Web Services layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Amazon Web Services layoffs and their outlook for job security at Amazon Web Services in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Amazon Web Services locations?

Milano , Roma , Castel San Giovanni , Catania , Passo Corese , Torre Annunziata , San Giuliano Milanese , Rovigo , San Salvo , Chieti , Torino di Sangro , Verona , Burago di Molgora

Amazon Web Services reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(14,019 total reviews)

Matt Garman

52% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (14,019 reviews)

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Amazon Web Services has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 14,019 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amazon Web Services employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

14K reviews

3.0

Sep 7, 2022

Great company - in theory

Sr. manager- training delivery

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon has the bones of a great company. They truly obsess over customers and are in tune with the customer experience.

Cons

Depending on where you work in the company (who you report to), Amazon's Leadership Principles can be weaponized against you. For example, if you aren't willing to work nights and weekends or over national holidays, certain leaders will tell you "you aren't being Customer Obsessed." Unfortunately, the few HR mechanisms in place are insufficient to deal with toxic leaders, so you may see toxic leaders stay in the company for years.

3.0

Sep 7, 2022

AWS Experience

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

High flexibility to learn and build whatever you want, good team experience that supports and protects developers

Cons

High amount of project turnover and churn, constantly shifting business priorities, heavy oncall load

4.0

Sep 7, 2022

Glad that I accepted my offer with AWS despite of negative reputations out there about AWS

Ux designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Before I accepted the offer, I heard more negative reputations of working at Amazon rather than positive ones. When I tried this job by myself so far for 3 months , I feel lucky that I'm taking the same workload, if not less, as my previous 3 jobs. And I'm getting paid twice more than my previous jobs. There're so many talented people in my team that I can learn from each of them. And we're collaborating and helping each other. And company is open-minded to hire remote workers.

Cons

Need to be flexible and adaptable about priority changes. It's a challenge to gain domain knowledge about cloud computing.

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