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literally the worst - Senior Frontend Engineer Amazon Web Services Employee Review

1.0
Feb 14, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

brilliant coworkers. Pay is better than non FAANG companies (worst for FANNG).

Cons

the days of AWS being innovative and responsive are long over. The internal tooling is the absolute worst. It's is largely a political entity. 80% of your time is bureaucratic overhead. Incentives are misaligned such that everyone is afraid to do good work and there is a large amount of political intrigue. Many of the values have been corrupted and turned against itself. Brilliant coworkers, held back by something fundamentally broken.

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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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