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Deficient leadership, lack of organization, unrealistic expectations - Software Development Manager Amazon Web Services Employee Review

3.0
Aug 31, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunity to work with great and very inteligent people - for the most part - , cutting edge technology and get to know the internals of AWS services. Everyone has an enormous impact from day one.

Cons

I am not sure if it's Amazon, AWS or only this organization but there was a lot of chaos. A complete lack of direction from leadership. As a manager I had to spend a lot of time building unrealistic plans to satisfy the VP and then had to redo them in many opportunities to adjust to the real schedule. The expectations are completely unrealistic, there is no plan. If someone asks you to do something they want it for yesterday. At first hours were pretty much normal but then I changed manager and ended up working non-stop including weekends to satisfy requirements from my manager that worked non-stop as if that was the only thing that existed. In my opinion Amazon - or at least this org -is not a company for moms or people that have other interests or responsibilities outside work.

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Pros

-Great place to learn -Work with some of the smartest people in the industry -Flexibility/autonomy in schedule (not impacted by RTO)

Cons

-Constant reorgs and shifts in leadership: I went through a reorg almost every January and had 6 managers in 2.5 years. Inconsistent leadership makes it hard to feel aligned to a company/team vision or to feel supported. -Promotions are highly political and your manager plays a huge role in whether you advance. Managers rarely have career conversations with reps, which leaves little real path for growth. Good managers want to see their team develop and help them get there. -Comp plan changes reduced sellers' ability to accelerate and lowered pay year over year. Comp plans are dictated by Operations, not Sales Leadership.

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