Amazon

Pay and benefits are good; hours are flexible.

Worked for a couple of organizations. I've discovered that the higher up in the company someone is, the less connected they are to the reality of working at Amazon and where tech is heading in general.

It's textbook Dunning-Kruger.

They also lie about their intentions. You'll hear, "We're committed to promoting people," and then take zero time to help promote people. They'll say, "We're committed to diversity," with zero black people and one woman in an entire organization. In a diversity training, it's just the most powerful men talking, and only one woman present, who they talk over.

Tech-wise, they'd rather go with in-house closed-source garbage than open-source industry standards. This is partly because having a near monopoly over so many markets removes so much motivation to be better.

Engineers have zero power, so the product suffers. Eventually, it gets to a point where a manager sees it as an opportunity to get promoted. So then they overhaul everything, without the slightest clue what they are doing. When it becomes apparent that that was a bad decision, they've been promoted, and the engineers have no power to fix what managers have continued to ruin.

Amazon is a toxic cesspool with an insane turnover rate. Steer clear.

Stop lying about your intentions. Stop the constant BS. Just stop talking so much.

Instead, learn from your team and learn from industry. Learn tech deeply. It's changing so fast, and what you had to learn to get your current job is much less relevant than it was.

Realize how out of touch you are. Empower engineers. Stop talking about diversity and actually recruit more diverse talent. Stop thinking business first and tech never. Fire toxic people. Give people the freedom to shine.