Amazon

Good compensation at L4 level, slightly less so as you progress.

Incredibly dynamic work environment; you’ll learn something every day and you’ll develop an incredibly diverse array of skills. Amazon cares a lot about your skills writing tech documents and pitching ideas besides your technical skills.

Your work feels meaningful and impactful; projects are almost never cancelled, everything gets made out of a specific business need.

• Compensation can lag behind other companies as you progress.
• Lots of org-level politicking, depends heavily on the org.
• Work-life balance can be impacted negatively by oncall and late-night meetings due to time zone differences (heavily dependent on where you work from).