Pros: At least where I worked, the people were very skilled.

Cons: The politics got inside. I don't want to see how Amazon cares for BLM on the training website. The pay level is great, as long as the stock keeps super-fast rising, which it does. But no one knows what happens to those who get in these days.

Pros: Innovation and Impact: Amazon offers a platform for innovation, allowing engineers to work on cutting-edge technologies that impact millions of users globally. Career Growth: There's significant opportunity for career advancement within the company, thanks to its size and diversity of projects. Learning Environment: Continuous learning is encouraged, with access to a vast array of resources and knowledgeable colleagues. Competitive Compensation: Amazon offers competitive salaries and benefits, including stock options, making it financially rewarding.

Cons: Work-Life Balance: The demanding work culture can lead to long hours, impacting work-life balance. High Pressure: There's often high pressure to perform and meet tight deadlines, which can be stressful. Competitive Environment: The internal environment can be highly competitive, which might not suit everyone. Large Company Bureaucracy: Being a large company, there can be layers of bureaucracy, potentially slowing down decision-making processes.

Pros: Amazon has a high quality of engineering community. In Amazon, you will be treated as a business owner, not only a tech guy. Each team/org in Amazon is a startup. You are responsible for making business decisions, not only technical decisions. Examples of these decisions include: * Should my team stop onboarding new customers and focus on improving the service quality? * Should my team prioritize onboarding customers even if the features provided are not enough? * How can we make my team more valuable/profitable? Most of the tech leads are people-oriented and willing to help juniors grow. Amazon has a lot of interesting business and technical problems that challenge the engineer's technical muscles, i.e., designing for scale and developing code that impacts millions of customers. Amazon is very flexible and encourages internal transfers, which is a great opportunity for engineers to explore different areas depending on their interests without having to change employers. The same applies to locations.

Cons: Depending on teams, but on-call impacts the engineer's quality of life. Teams do their best to improve, but it's always annoying to wake up in the middle of the night to attend to customer-impacting incidents. Amazon HR and Immigration departments are terrible. Speaking from personal experience, try as hard as you can not to be reliant on the Amazon HR team or Immigration team for support, because they show no empathy. If your life depends on it, you will have a hell of a time. Managers have huge power, which has its own pros and cons. The worst situation is to be working for a terrible manager. They can ruin your life. On the other hand, Amazon supports internal transfers, so you are given a tool to find your way out.