Amazon

Joining Pay looks good initially.

Lots of learning will be here.

There are lots of cons about this company, and I am listing a few here.

1. There is no work-life balance in this company. They load employees with hellish amounts of work, requiring them to work 14-15 hours per day. Weekends are even sacrificed due to the tons of work.

2. Organizations say they don't follow a bell curve, but internally, they strictly follow it. HR Business Partners ask managers to put 10% of the employees in the team on a (Dev + PIP) plan. Managers will then look for a scapegoat to put on the development plan. The smallest mistake an employee makes will lead to their life becoming hell, and they will be put on a PIP plan, asked to do lots of activities to come out of the development plan. Literally, they grill the employee and treat them like a slave. This unfair treatment is more prevalent for India employees compared to onshore employees.

3. Employees here do a great job, so the company is growing. However, during appraisal time, they have numerous reasons for not giving a base salary hike. They will say share prices are increasing, so no hike for you.

4. They have three salary components: Base pay, a joining bonus for 2 years, and shares. So, generally, the employee's effective salary will be the same for 4-5 years, with a drastic drop after 2 years and even further after four years.

5. It is a totally manager-driven company with no role for HR Business Partners. Managers like bootlicking employees and ignore actual talent.

I advise all to think twice before joining Amazon. Don't just look at the initial compensation because here, your work-life balance will be sacrificed, and your health will be in a toss due to stress. "Health is Wealth"; you can earn money any time.

Please do not treat your employees as slaves.