Amazon

Lots of opportunities to grow (soft and tech skills). Great level of documentation (soft and tech skills). Great onboarding plan (including assigned onboarding buddy and mentor) - this is amazing for a good start. Competitive compensation package. Loved the team, very welcoming, helpful, and technically strong. Loved being surrounded by smart colleagues. Loved the manager, who appreciates your work and respects you as a person. Time allocated to be innovative, such as Hackathons. No tasks are assigned while you are on call. On-call duty rotates across team members. No meetings on Fridays.

Need improvement on base salary.

Need improvement on benefits (health, 401K matching, and holidays).

Need adjustment on stock payment scheduling to be competitive.

Reconsider improvement on base salary payment range.

Reconsider improvement on benefits. 401K 4% matching is very low. The number of time-offs we earn is low, making it difficult to keep work-life balance intact.

Reconsider enhancing stock payment scheduling.

Above recommendations are a real killer when a new hire is making a decision.