Amazon

Good technical environment. You'll learn AWS skills on the job, and systems are held to a high standard, so you will learn to build robust solutions. The total compensation is quite good, too.

Amazon is forcing its employees back to the office three days a week, even if you were hired as a remote worker. And if you are not based in the same town as the majority of your team, you will be asked to move.

I feel this is a very disrespectful move, and I'm not 100% buying the "it's for productivity" reasoning.

On another note, the company feels quite competitive and not as welcoming as some smaller companies I've worked at before. This is a symptom of the size of the company, but I still think there are ways to make it better despite the company's large size.

The restricted stock unit aspect of compensation has pros and cons. You don't get all of your money in your paycheck after your first two years of bonuses run out. This isn't so bad, but there's a six-month delay for each percentage of stocks to vest.

Respect the ways and locations employees want to work.

People are living in fear of layoffs, being re-organized, or being asked to move cities. This is not a healthy work environment.

It feels like a cold, calculated upper management structure that does what's best for the bottom line without putting the employees very high on the priority list.