Here's what people say about working at AWS, Amazon’s profit-pumping $12 billion cloud business (AMZN)

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Most people know Amazon as the online shopping site that sells everything from books to fresh groceries.

But the real growth-driver behind Amazon is its cloud business called Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is on pace to hit over $12 billion in annual revenue.

AWS is now Amazon's most profitable and fastest-growing business. At this rate, it may also become one of the most popular workplaces for engineers.

We looked through Glassdoor, Quora, and other sources to see what people say about their experience working at AWS.  

AWS did $3.2 billion in revenue last quarter, up 55% year-over-year. That's only 10% of Amazon's total revenue ($32 billion), but AWS is the company's most profitable business with an over 30% operating profit margin.

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When you're growing that fast, work could get overwhelming. That means some people are required to be on late on-call duty, while working long hours.

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"Being on a fast growing service, work can be intense sometimes and on-call can be hectic." — Manoj Kumar, Software Engineer at AWS Elasticache

Still, AWS seems to keep a flexible work culture so people can maintain a good work-life balance.

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"Despite what old reviews might say, you can, in fact, have work life balance at Amazon. I have two children under the age of 5, my spouse works, and we have a life. Moreover, Amazonians are there to help you learn how to find that balance." — Glassdoor

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