Amazon

If you like making customers happy, you will love this place.

If you like being on the cutting edge of technologies or technology movements, you will love this place.

Very little politics. The leadership principles are reflected in everything we do; they are not an afterthought, but what we rely on in order to make decisions.

All the resources you could ever need to do your job.

Everyone knows Amazon, and folks are eager to work with you.

Too many tools. I like to joke that we have three tools for every problem you need solved.

It is very much a startup culture, so sometimes it feels like we are building the airliner mid-flight.

The "firehose" refers to your first six months here, where you feel constantly overwhelmed and out of your depth.

The company turns on a dime, which can be overwhelming if you like comfort.

Yes, people will always tell you how much they love Prime when they meet you.

More documentation on pivots would be great.

It sometimes takes weeks for the ripple of decisions to reach everyone, and for them to be aware of what is happening and whether or not it was a good idea.

Tools that lots of people use should have some sort of consensus from lots of people before they are rolled out. Even a focus group review of new tools and processes would be welcome.

We understand that security is job zero, but more thought needs to be put into changes to access to tools.