Amazon Data Center Operations Engineer reviews

Share value declined and did not perform as projected which meant the RSU share comp portion was disappointing. The work rate is not sustainable long term, the underlying technology is not robust and so you will carry out a lot of maintenance and repairs in a day You are stretched thin most of the time. The average annual increase was 1.5% for my whole team in south Africa where the inflation rate is much higher and so that sets you back financially especially living in Cape Town. A lot of travel across Data Centers No allowances and shift meals like the rest of the AWS Data centers in other regions

All teams are different so you could join a team where management is horrible, a draw of the straw type of thing. Company 401k match isn't competitive to the marketplace, (4% match) Employee retention is pretty bad, some people only truly last about 1-2 years