Good pay, but thin margins for error
Pros
Nice pay - the best part of Amazon in general Prestige - Being an Amazonian looks great on a resume and may be able to open the door to other FAANG companies to hire you in the future Market leader - AWS is the best cloud company for a reason. Very stable environment and constantly keeping up the demands of high scale Job switching opportunities - I have heard about this being a good place for job switches, but have not been in that situation Work-Life Balance - After the pandemic, each director was given a choice to allow their reports to work from home or office
Cons
Overuse of Frugality - Supposed to be a Leadership Principle, but is overused in the stupidest way possible Overuse of Leadership Principles - Was an issue in the interview as well, but it is annoying to always be forced to think of LPs during everyday work Over-hiring and firing - At least in the pandemic, Amazon was over-hiring, and is now over-firing to compensate. This is an Amazon culture, to bring on talent, but overpay them so that they need to be fired soon No patience with newbies - Very thin margins for error for new Amazonians that are switching fields or need some time to ramp up
