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Long hours, disorganization, manual processes, inexperienced managers - Marketing Amazon Web Services Employee Review

2.0
Sep 29, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Many smart people Interesting work Lots of opportunity for many people Good benefits Growth oriented company Global brand

Cons

Extremely long work hours for some - others seem to get away with acting like they are overworked and flying under the radar while pushing off their work on others Long, complex processes and rules (bizarre for a top tech company) Constant roulette choosing employees to put under a microscope with the intent to fire them for no reason Competitive managers going to desperate measures to move upward Some managers that do not really know how to manage people Not enough people to do the work and multiple jobs for most employees Poor long term strategies, lots of resignations and firings Marketing roles are actually more operations than anything else Advice to job seekers: do not take a general marketing position, take a specialized position so that you can manage your own workload by telling people you can't get to things and are overloaded which just means the general marketing managers have to do it themselves along with their countless other weekly jobs. This is the only way to maintain an 8 hour workday. Discuss all the projects you can in meetings (even if they aren't your own) and do this confidently since many managers can't tell the difference between confidence and competence so you'll be looked upon favorably over those don't spend time to toot their own horn

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

- Good pay - Interesting work (team dependent)

Cons

- Politics often gets in the way of good work - Clueless, rudderless leadership just cause problems (can be org dependent) - People are encouraged to only do things that check arbitrary criteria for promotion, trying to do what's best or what's right is discouraged - Not many extra benefits compared to other big tech - Work/life balance can be rough (team dependent)

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