Amazon

You get exposed to complex business.

Anything that you do can have a huge impact on business.

You get to work on large-scale systems & data.

You get to work with above-average engineers.

Work has become too slow when compared to how it was 5 years ago.

Bureaucracy has set in.

Too many processes, and everything takes time. Many people review even a simple deployment or change request.

Defensive planning in everything; not willing to take any risk in planning or execution.

Engineers have become too lazy and are not showing much ownership as they are allowed to change teams easily. Managers are focusing on keeping employees happy to retain them, even they give very relaxed effort estimates.

So, it's not a great company for fast movers; it's losing its sheen.

Bring back old Amazon culture.

Be ready to take more risks & let all SDEs take more ownership & don't settle for too relaxed timelines just to retain/keep enggs happy. Top talent doesn't like working with slackers.

Don't lower the hiring bar.