Amazon

Great projects and interesting problems to solve at scale. Good pay, not in comparison with others like Google, FB, etc., but it is still good. All the teams I worked with are generally great. Flexible working conditions in terms of work times, etc. Importance to innovation rather than just following what was working before. Easy for employees to move around teams. Very practical leadership skills to make anyone successful.

Tough to get promoted; need to work with a lot of people in and out of the project. Ourselves heavy on-call load in some teams. Too many re-orgs and changes in priorities. Recent layoffs induced stress, less flexibility in the return-to-office mandate, and cost-cutting measures like increased parking costs and removal of free parking for vanpool, etc. For the first time in my career, my total compensation dropped by 20% due to a drop in stock price, and it feels like Amazon adjusted total compensation to be in line with the drop. My projected compensation last year was 348K; this year, projected compensation is 280K based on my hike letters both years.

Don't take the option out of employees' hands to work from home while simultaneously increasing the costs to come to the office.