Mixed bag - Principal Software Engineer Amazon Employee Review

3.0
Jul 15, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Fascinating to work at this scale, strong focus on operations, a lot of smart people to work with.

Cons

AWS focus on security and operations has gone overboard at the expense of feature delivery, uncompetitive salary, too many escalations and fire drills interrupting the engineering work.

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5.0
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Pros

Really smart people, a lot of opportunity for growth, always encouraged to be innovative, think big, and create something new. Competitive salary and benefits with other major tech companies. 100% self motivating work environment. No dress code and 4 legged friends are welcome.

Cons

You have to be self motivated. NO ONE will hold your hand and tell you that you're doing a great job. If you need constant affirmations from management, this company isn't for you.

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