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The Worst - Senior Solutions Architect Amazon Web Services Employee Review

1.0
Jun 17, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Great backend tech, but peel back the onion and you'll see terrible engineering behavior. Taking work and not giving credit to the ProServe that originally developed the product, because the engineering folks have to prove they are producing to keep their job. It creates a culture of pushing others down to prove your value. I saw this from the outside without committing a single line of code, but can you blame engineering for stealing code when they have a family and have to keep their H1B status or leave Seattle and get shipped back to India?

Cons

AWS is the worst company I've worked for in over 20 years of employment. All that glitters is not gold. They tell you upfront that the average tenure of an employee is 1 year, so you need to ask yourself why people won't last. There is a huge variety in Sales. Some accounts are incredibly well-run run and some are dysfunctional. I complained to HR, got "pivoted" out the door and now I'm making an angry post on Glassdoor. Our sales staff shouldn't have inappropriate relationships with multiple people in our customer's leadership team. Ethics in sales needs to be a bigger deal and stop firing people who try to wake you up.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

Great team when you have a manager and full team that works well and collaborates well. Stock is great. And you know when youre doing well, the pay increase is roughly the same as everyone else.

Cons

Low perks compared to other FAANG companies and most teams have high turn over

3.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Strong place to be early in your career as it provides valuable training and the brand recognition can create strong future opportunities. - Is great if you’re interested in what you’re doing/selling

Cons

- 5 days in office is not great for work/life balance - If your manager doesn’t like you, good luck! - 401k match is lower than most companies - Base salary compensation is weak compared to other big tech - Leveling/career progression is near impossible due to reorgs leading to a promotion “freeze” - Role can evolve over time in ways that may not align with original job expectations

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