Pros: This is a good place to get your feet wet and get into the industry for Data Centers. Most people come here for 2-4 years, get ready for the next promotion, or take one here and then leave for better pay and benefits somewhere else. This is a great stepping stone company. Managers are paid well, or average to above average.

Cons: This place is poorly run. Benefits are good but average in comparison to other tech companies, and the 401k match is pathetic at 0.5% for each percent put in up to 4%, for a total of 2% put in. Health, Dental, and Vision provide good coverage, but past that, it's nothing exceptional. Vacation Time/PTO is average. The industry compensation is average or below average. There are two levels most people fall into: L3 or L4, with a few L2s and L5s in lower management. L6 is where the pay increase is really noticeable. I came in as an L3 and was told many times how that was an error. I promoted in just under a year with quite a few projects under my belt and got a 16% raise and some stocks. The issue is the stocks were nowhere near what people who came in at L4s got. L4s coming in get close to $60K in extra compensation over 4 years. When I promoted, I got $15K over 3 years. What kind of person would be willing to do the same job as their peers and get paid $10K less a year while providing better performance? There really is no rhyme or reason to L4 or L3. Some managers just wanted to cut costs and couldn't think of any practical engineering or innovative solutions and decided cutting labor costs by making half the staff at each Data Center's L3s would be fine. This has resulted in atrocious retention and the level of knowledge within AWS dropping year by year.

Pros: Easy to get in even with no experience due to extremely rapid expansion. Good benefits. Health insurance is fairly cheap due to the massive number of employees. Lateral movement.

Cons: Cutthroat environment. Tons of worthless programs due to people doing projects for promotion and then immediately abandoning them after getting promoted. Poor 401k match. Poor quality control due to mass hiring. Management are mostly trash because they only care about their own promotion. Very little quality training; mostly check the box.

Pros: Rapid advancement opportunities. Lateral transfer opportunities with other departments as you gain new skills.

Cons: Job role undefined, very little training. Manning reduction and overtime, with increasing workload. Feedback from workers not valued. Bloated management with little experience with data center operation. New hires getting paid less and less overtime.