4.0
Jul 14, 2025
Former employee, more than 5 years
Los Angeles, CA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Lots of smart people and chances to learn. Lots of opportunities to work on projects of scale hard to find elsewhere. Used to be a meritocracy. Good pay!
Cons
I was at AWS from 2014 to 2022 as a CIA, TAM, and SA. At this time Amazon still operated as a scrappy startup and was a meritocracy. Around 2020 this changed and hiring decisions were made based on DEI bingo. Very demoralizing. That aside, the stress of any role will eventually get to you. It's a 4 year program and I stayed almost twice as long because I was working with cool customers and projects, but have an exit plan lined up. Amazon considers humans resources to be consumed and churned through. Anything bad you've heard about Amazon is likely true! :)