Pros: - Competitive offers (not the best, but still well above average) - Many of the teams have a similar feel to a startup. - It is in Seattle (I have mixed feelings about this). - The people here are smart and motivated. - Has a kind of "hands off" management style, at least where I work. The mentality is that as long as I get my work done appropriately, all is good. - You can go from team to team, department to department, and continuously learn new things. You can jump from low-end server management to high-end app development, for example. - The company is going places both from a financial sense (have you looked at their stock recently and its trend?) and a technology sense. - The teams are generally kept small and, for my team at least, leads to better communication.

Cons: - With some teams, work-life balance is horrible. This is not true for all teams, however; mostly the ones that manage the website directly and are responsible for keeping various services up and running. I have seen it both ways. - It is in Seattle (I have mixed feelings about this). - It can be difficult at times to get recognized for your hard work, even if you go above and beyond the call of duty (please note: I have not personally experienced this. Rather, it is a conclusion I have reached based off of my interactions with others and what I have seen). - Team culture and work-life balance vary from "I want to get out of here" to "I absolutely love it here and can't imagine myself anywhere else." I understand that this happens in many different companies, but I wish Amazon would work more to normalize this spectrum.

Pros: You are able to learn fancy technologies that are popular in the software engineering market.

Cons: This company is completely business-oriented. That means they don't care about low-level SDEs' career paths at all.

Pros: Good pay and great growth opportunity

Cons: Sometimes you need to work overtime, but not that bad at all. It is a good way to learn and grow, especially for new grads.