Pros: Get your hands dirty on work millions use on a daily basis. Unlike Microsoft, this company across the lake does ship code.

Cons: 1. Very twisted compensation package. You are evaluated based on salary + stock, which should be 'given' although not vested. The management sees that as 'you are well compensated' and would give away next to nothing for the hard work next year. 2. Terrible on-call. It's really a nightmare. Work-life balance is as bad as the worst story your friend told you. IT'S ALL TRUE. 3. Very bad benefit package. But you knew it when you got the offer, so can't complain too much about it. 4. Middle management is not transparent at all. You see the tree but not the forest. Sometimes they'd lie about promotion/compensation to get you to work extra on top of an already overloaded work-life balance. But it could be just my case.

Pros: Best place to start your career and gain lots of knowledge.

Cons: Nothing much as of now.

Pros: Good compensation at L4 level, slightly less so as you progress. Incredibly dynamic work environment; you’ll learn something every day and you’ll develop an incredibly diverse array of skills. Amazon cares a lot about your skills writing tech documents and pitching ideas besides your technical skills. Your work feels meaningful and impactful; projects are almost never cancelled, everything gets made out of a specific business need.

Cons: - Compensation can lag behind other companies as you progress. - Lots of org-level politicking, depends heavily on the org. - Work-life balance can be impacted negatively by oncall and late-night meetings due to time zone differences (heavily dependent on where you work from).