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Amazon Web Services reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(14,106 total reviews)
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Matt Garman

52% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Amazon Web Services has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 14,106 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amazon Web Services employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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14K reviews
1.0
Feb 23, 2026

toxic culture and visionless on AI

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good benefits and good pay

Cons

toxic work culture, leadership lacking in vision

1.0
Feb 23, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The scale of the data center projects is undeniable.

Cons

Expect zero onboarding (outdated materials). When I started, I was working grueling hours and giving up my weekends just to figure things out on my own and keep things afloat. Compensation raise is poor. Attrition rate 70% per year. You will often be held fully accountable for things completely outside your control. I was blamed despite receiving no internal support to manage the fallout. Tribal culture. The promotion timeline to the next level is incredibly rigid and penalizing. You can work incredibly hard, dive into to fix design problems, and independently save the company millions in infrastructure costs, only to have other internal corporate teams claim the credit. Even when you execute flawlessly on your current projects, you are forced to wait years for arbitrary promotion cycles to catch up,

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