Amazon

We are a very open company that actually lives our leadership principles.

I am often amazed at how dedicated people are to their users and customers.

There are many options for staying part of the company, yet working in a different business unit. We have made it easy to move between groups for your next challenge.

Amazon is a really large company. Many groups are more focused on engineering capacity instead of business value. They lose sight of being Customer Obsessed when pressed.

This makes advancement in non-engineering and non-product management roles very difficult at Principal, Director, and VP levels.

Groom your employees for advancement.

Set them up to understand the next level if they want to get there.

If you don't know how, find them someone who does and make them a priority.