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Great Pay, Demanding Schedule,, Ended in layoff - Sr. Design Program Manager Amazon Web Services Employee Review

3.0
Feb 13, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

You get to work with some very talented professionals, there is always something new to learn and the benefits package was attractive.

Cons

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.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great team when you have a manager and full team that works well and collaborates well. Stock is great. And you know when youre doing well, the pay increase is roughly the same as everyone else.

Cons

Low perks compared to other FAANG companies and most teams have high turn over

3.0
Jun 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Unmatched Scale: You get to work on systems that handle millions of requests per second. The technical challenges are genuinely fascinating and great for your career. Smart Colleagues: You are surrounded by incredibly sharp engineers. You will learn more here in one year than in three years at most other companies.

Cons

Work-Life Balance (WLB): Highly dependent on your team, but generally poor. On-call rotations can be brutal, and there is a constant pressure to deliver more, faster. Burnout Culture: The "Day 1" mentality means things move fast, but it also leads to high turnover. The stack-ranking and PIP (Performance Improvement Plan) culture creates unnecessary anxiety.

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