Pros: The large-scale technical products.

Cons: Handling of sexual harassment is unethically poor, involving victim blaming and putting employees who report in danger, forcing a lack of anonymity. Sexual harassment is often buried and is preferred to be dealt with informally and off the record. Managers are given absolute authority with regards to performance evaluation, even on unverifiable claims, and can abuse this to entirely sabotage someone's career in two steps over a few months. This has been directly used as a tool of manipulation. The process to report such abuse does not protect the victim and antagonizes the abuser, who still remains in absolute control. Culture is broadly sexist. Good luck getting a word in, let alone one that is considered, in a technical discussion, ladies. Casual South African racism is just as entrenched in Amazon's local culture. While there is a weak push to not spread bro culture, it is no less of a boy's club.

Pros: 1. Good to start working as a fresher. Good things to learn and kick-start your career. 2. Good salary, good perks. Some depend on the manager and team.

Cons: Most leadership does not know tech at all. They might sometimes see front-end developers as better because they can show them the "glittery world." They are more interested in getting the finished product rather than the process. Had there been no engineers to push for the right path, leaders would not have given a [you know what] to completing the project. Poor work-life balance exists in some teams, as the leadership just wants you to complete projects on time to improve business and their reputation. Nobody cares if you are working with multiple teams and spending nights to do that. Business, frugality, and money are placed before the employees. We cannot argue that customers should be placed before employees, but the focus on business is so much that career development after the initial ramp-up is overlooked. As life progresses at Amazon, everyone from the top to the bottom becomes a factory soldier. Everyone learns a lot of process and gains a lot of knowledge when they join, but after some time, everyone just follows the same thing and does not grow as they used to. Team switches help with this rarely as well after a bit of experience.

Pros: Smart, motivated people; challenging work.

Cons: 24/7 pager expectations, long hours, unpaid overtime.