Convince me not to go to AWS (sales)

Feb 11, 2021 94 Comments

logically, I know that it’s a terribly work life balance and the culture is not great.
But I’m in sales and I see the potential to grow into the org and the strength of the product.

Somebody, please - tell me if I’m being irrational or if I should just take the jump and go for it for 2-3 years and plan to boomerang.

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  • Why not GCP??
    Feb 11, 2021 13
  • Amazon
    Bello674

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    Bello674
    Just run a search of Blind for Amazon Dev List, Focus, PIP, Pivot, OLR, Talent Review, mandatory URA quota, forcing the curve, stack ranking, bad WLB and backstabbing despotic management culture - you will know what to do next.... as you will start to get a picture of how it is to work under their opressive, narcissistic, despotic, shady management culture.

    Seriously, if your want to interview and get a written offer from Amazon then go ahead but for the sake of your sanity dont accept it and just use it as negotiation for a salary package at any one of the very very very many better real world company, who have not adopted such calculatedly hostile work processes and culture against their workers.
    Feb 16, 2021 9
    • Amazon
      techBD3

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      techBD3
      I’m in AWS sales and I love my team. I’ve had three different managers, all great. SDE has a seperate culture.
      Mar 25, 2021
    • Amazon
      TitusPullo

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      TitusPullo
      I work in sales at AWS as an account manager in engaged account and the money is good, but my manager is a POS and it’s still Amazon, so you still have all the same challenges if you have a manager who doesn’t like you. Your ass in in the wind.

      Add to that and you have the other annoying shit with Amazon, like all the stupid writing we have to do monthly around challenges for customers, wins, headwinds, tailwinds, etc. add to that you have to listen to annoying LP talk all the time from people wanting to impress you or managers giving vague feedback around LPs.

      But again, the pay is good. I’m L5 and made what most SDE L6 made last year as my commissions and spiffs were very strong. But I do hate the culture here.
      Mar 27, 2021
  • New / Sales
    TC≠Happy

    New Sales

    TC≠Happy
    Blind has low sales audience, most of the negativity you hear is around the SWD/SD side.

    For sales, WLB balance is great. I make $350+ and work 40 hours a week. Of course a lot depends on your manager but where isn’t that the case?
    Mar 17, 2021 14
    • New / Sales
      TC≠Happy

      New Sales

      TC≠Happy
      Really depends on market. It’s easy to cover 30M depending on the patch, each territory and segment is different.

      Ultimately the more strategic engagement and priority accounts are typically assigned L6, so on so forth
      Apr 9, 2021
    • Amazon
      kVYk74

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      kVYk74
      Yeah absolutely. Just saying it definitely does not correspond to level, which one would expect. There are L4s in priority districts working fairly strategic customers. Mine has L4-L6 AMs handling the same kind of territory.
      Apr 9, 2021
  • Amazon / Sales
    FuJM06

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    FuJM06
    AWS Sales culture/wlb is pretty different from what I read on blind from SDEs. Nothing irrational about getting paid more for selling a better product 👀
    Mar 3, 2021 3
    • Amazon / Sales
      FuJM06

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      FuJM06
      It’s better. Not the typical PIP culture in my experience and we aren’t on call taking care of tickets of course so WLB seems fine to me.
      You still need to perform though, so for some people hitting their numbers will take less effort and vice versa.
      Mar 3, 2021
    • Amazon
      aTwm17

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      aTwm17
      I’d have to say it highly depends on the sales org and the customer. I’m stuck on a shitty account, with a very shitty account director I’m supporting. It’s miserable.
      Mar 17, 2021
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    lilemon

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    lilemon
    All massive companies have good and bad teams/managers. Don’t join if you have the attitude already that it will suck.
    Feb 13, 2021 1