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15 PTO days. 6 personal days

Yes I work at AWS. I’m never on call and I haven’t worked for more than 40 hours unless I’m learning something new trying to figure out. I control my own calendar and I manage expectations for my projects.

I do work in ProServe though…

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I work in tech in Seattle. AWS is notably worse then its peers. And even still, your experience is not typical for AWS.

Have you thought that of a company had over 1.5 million employees, everyone’s experience wouldn’t be the same?

Besides, I purposefully put myself in a position that I wouldn’t have to relocate to a high cost of living area. I knew that Azure, AWS, and GCP had a Professional Services department that may require a lot of travel. But no relocation, no on call, etc.

Then a worldwide pandemic happened that reduced travel…

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