[shrubble]

I am not at liberty to say the company name, but i do directly know of one person at a director level who was fired for using AWS.

They turned on encryption for an option and did not realize the huge price difference between the encrypted and unencrypted option meant $9000 per day in additional charges. After 1 month (30 days) this came to light, and he was fired.

[brokensegue]

that's not what people mean by the phrase "Nobody ever got fired for using AWS." http://wiki.c2.com/?NobodyEverGotFiredForBuyingMicrosoft

[shrubble]

Before that it was 'IBM' ...

[amenod]

Yes, this happens with AWS. Controlling costs is a very important part of using any cloud, let alone AWS where the charges are... not as transparent as one would wish. :)

EDIT: btw, he was not fired for using AWS, he was fired for making unnecessary costs.