Amazon AWS: much to learn, but a toxic PIP culture and tight deadlines

2023-12-10T00:00:00+00:00

A full-stack engineer learned a lot from friendly peers, but cites a toxic PIP culture, a manager who treats people badly, tight deadlines and stressful on-call.

AmazonFull-Stack EngineerPosted 2 years agoBy Anonymous

About the reviewer

Status: Current employee, planning to leave
Time at the company: 1–2 years
Role: Full-Stack Engineer
Job type: Full-time
Track: Individual contributor
Level: 4
Location: SF Bay Area
Degree: Bachelor's
Experience before joining: 1–3 years

What they reported

Confident in the business: No
Clear path to grow: Yes
Hours a week: 40–50 hours
Last stock refresher: Under $10k
Who makes the decisions: Product managers
How colleagues work: Hardworking, late nights when needed
Office politics: Some, but tolerable
Food: Not free, decent paid options

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Amazon AWS: much to learn, but a toxic PIP culture and tight deadlines

AmazonFull-Stack EngineerPosted 2 years agoBy Anonymous

About the reviewer

Status: Current employee, planning to leave
Time at the company: 1–2 years
Role: Full-Stack Engineer
Job type: Full-time
Track: Individual contributor
Level: 4
Location: SF Bay Area
Degree: Bachelor's
Experience before joining: 1–3 years

What they reported

Confident in the business: No
Clear path to grow: Yes
Hours a week: 40–50 hours
Last stock refresher: Under $10k
Who makes the decisions: Product managers
How colleagues work: Hardworking, late nights when needed
Office politics: Some, but tolerable
Food: Not free, decent paid options

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