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Amazon Web Services reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(13,998 total reviews)
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Matt Garman

52% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Amazon Web Services has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 13,998 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).

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14K reviews
2.0
Apr 24, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Pay and benefits are good. Get to work with fun technology and good co-workers generally.

Cons

Leadership cannot be trusted. They would sacrifice their own grandmother to save a dollar. The company will tell you anything to get you through the door, only to change everything once you're employed. I've been repeatedly lied to by my direct management and indirectly through the S-Team about company direction and policies. Don't fall for the propaganda about Corporate workers being treated fairly compared to dissatisfied hourly factory workers - it's all false. Exceptional work goes unrewarded, as raises are rarely given regardless of circumstances. You're merely a cog in their machine, replaceable at any moment regardless of your personal situation. Policy trumps people here, always. Work-life balance is practically non-existent. They're one of the largest H1-B employers in the country - just look up all the different names Amazon operates under on the H1-B list and you'll see they're #1. They exploit cheaper labor, provide minimal benefits, force long hours until workers are exhausted, then discard them accordingly. Senior leadership is delusional, believing 9/10 employees love commuting to the office for RTO5. I can assure you 9/10 think the CEOs are completely out of touch with reality. If I could do it over, I wouldn't offer my God-given talents to this company for any amount of money. Unfortunately, after relocating across the country based on their lies, I'm stuck until the job market improves or I can relocate again. Don't make my mistake by working for this horrible company. Remember, they spend enormous sums to be ranked as the #1 employer in the country each year, with marketing departments dedicated to making their lies believable. You WILL be lied to and discarded as soon as they find a cheaper replacement, even without any real experience. It's astounding how they can continue to operate, but there's always another sucker willing to take the bait for the right price, becoming the next victim of their people-eating machine. Get in make your money do as little as you can get away with and plan an exit strategy. That is the only smart more to make with this company.

1.0
Apr 9, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent pay, goodish benefits for the money

Cons

AWS does not value experienced technicians, they try to force you to get promoted in 2 years or less. If you don't comply, they invent a reason to get rid of you. Make a mistake? Fired. Growth demands are unsustainable, timelines are hilariously unrealistic. Safety is NOT the priority they say it is. Leaders only care about their next promo. Jeff bozo didn't get where he is without putting $$$ over people. All of your coworkers will openly talk about quitting. Nobody actually cares about their jobs or the company, it's just a bad place to work.

1.0
Apr 9, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Big-name resume booster - Smart teammates (when they stick around) - Lots of internal documentation... for things that no longer exist - Free coffee and existential dread - You learn what not to do

Cons

- Assigned a manager with the emotional intelligence of a potato - Landed on the “Focus” list before I even got a chance to focus - Zero communication until suddenly: surprise reorg! - My manager got fired, and I found out from Slack gossip - The org structure changes more often than the cafe menu

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