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      Political and Mismanaged - Software Development Engineer (SDE) Amazon Web Services Employee Review

      1.0
      Jul 14, 2023
      Software development engineer (sde)
      Recommend
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      Business outlook

      Pros

      Competitive pay Good benefits Parental leave

      Cons

      Weak vacation policy Company wants to let go a certain percentage of employees each year to “raise the bar” Politics of prioritization and planning can leave you in a position where you do a bunch of meaningless work that ends up mothballed shortly before launch, resulting in having nothing to show for the year and being put under performance review.

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      5.0
      Jun 21, 2026
      Lead mechanical design engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Working with latest and greatest technology

      Cons

      Work life balance is challenging

      3.0
      Jun 21, 2026
      Software development manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      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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