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Good learning and pay but bad Work life balance - Specialist Solutions Architect Amazon Web Services Employee Review

3.0
Oct 1, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of exposure, opportunity and learning Hybrid work env, flexibility Decent pay (definitely now low, but also not the highest)

Cons

All work, no fun: Bad work life balance, no team outings or anything whatsoever No structure at work, very random work schedules More of a pre-sales role rather than an actual SA

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Pros

Great team working on interesting work

Cons

Promotions can vary a lot team to team

3.0
Jun 21, 2026
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Pros

Ambitious projects if you're in the right team. Typically great team-mates. Don't believe the memes, the ppl are not back stabbing jerks but are overall genuinely nice. Not constrained by budgets when building cool things. Tools while sometimes clunky are powerful.

Cons

Schizophrenic lack of focus, entire teams get split, merged and upended multiple times a quarter. Some product managers are disconnected from reality. It didn't use to be the case, the PM-Ts were previously top notch. You're pushed to vibe code everything. Established products with loyal customers are getting neglected. Newer VP level leaders don't seem to know what they are doing. Veteran OG VP level leaders are either leaving in droves or seem stressed or checked out.

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