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Good start but all else isn't worth it - DCO Technician Amazon Web Services Employee Review

2.0
May 22, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Great start for individuals trying to get into IT potential for networking for you future moves Benefits are pretty good such as health, dental insurance

Cons

Frankly staying here for longer than a year is a mistake. These positions are the warehouse of AWS. Promotion potential is non existent. Development of employees is non existent. Turn over is absurd in these positions. There are no incentives for being on-call or being on a schedule because they will move you around with no warning or care for your ability to support that schedule. AWS also pays below what other companies are willing to offer for experienced technicians. I'll also add that the Day one mentality and culture is one that breeds liars and cheats.. People are essentially expected to know nothing about their job and to make things up daily. People are also almost entirely expected to stab co workers in the back in order to promote to higher positions. I could go on all day but my attempt with this review is to stay impartial. I am mentioning topics that may not have occurred with me but I have seen how people are affected by everything that I have mentioned.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
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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
Jun 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Ambitious projects if you're in the right team. Typically great team-mates. Don't believe the memes, the ppl are not back stabbing jerks but are overall genuinely nice. Not constrained by budgets when building cool things. Tools while sometimes clunky are powerful.

Cons

Schizophrenic lack of focus, entire teams get split, merged and upended multiple times a quarter. Some product managers are disconnected from reality. It didn't use to be the case, the PM-Ts were previously top notch. You're pushed to vibe code everything. Established products with loyal customers are getting neglected. Newer VP level leaders don't seem to know what they are doing. Veteran OG VP level leaders are either leaving in droves or seem stressed or checked out.

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