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Amazon Web Services

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It paid the bills - QA Analyst Amazon Web Services Employee Review

3.0
Oct 10, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Lots of team building time (3-4 times a year), flexible benefits, decent swag handed out at regular intervals

Cons

No recognition for achieving expectations (or going beyond them), KPI goal posts moved every time they were met until team members were let go for not "keeping up", unrealistic expectations on being able to complete work without proper people resources or required materials, no respect for previous job qualifications when applying for internal jobs ("He already works for us, he has no negotiation power"), site growth and workflow scaling moves way faster than even senior leadership can handle which causes a lot of backwards work when having to re-establish or evaluate a new path forward to make up for lack of clear strategy by mangers, insanely long periods of time required in promotion "training programs" that do nothing but establish the need to work extra hours to learn future job positions and how to complete the work without oversight while still performing at the top level/percentage of other employees (again, despite having years of experience as people management).

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Strong engineering culture, competitive pay, great learning opportunities, and excellent internal mobility across teams.

Cons

Work-life balance can be tough, on-call rotations are demanding, and the pace is fast with high expectations.

3.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Strong place to be early in your career as it provides valuable training and the brand recognition can create strong future opportunities. - Is great if you’re interested in what you’re doing/selling

Cons

- 5 days in office is not great for work/life balance - If your manager doesn’t like you, good luck! - 401k match is lower than most companies - Base salary compensation is weak compared to other big tech - Leveling/career progression is near impossible due to reorgs leading to a promotion “freeze” - Role can evolve over time in ways that may not align with original job expectations

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