Amazon

Solid proprietary systems allow for building software services extremely fast and easy.

Great opportunity for career growth, as Amazon in Toronto is expanding. Continue on the route for Software, with opportunities to be a Project Manager and also to go down the road of being a manager.

Work with very smart individuals.

A strong focus on delivery forces developers to think of solutions fast, which typically causes maintenance issues 1-2 years down the road (low quality of code).

There is no such thing as under-promise and over-deliver, since management's expectation for developers is to pressure them into delivering as much as possible.

Work/life balance: On-call on some teams is hectic (pages 2-4 times a week at any time of day).

Remote office: Being in a remote office in Toronto means late meetings with Seattle and less visibility to Seattle counterparts, sometimes impacting promotion cycles. There's barely any community feeling.

Reduce promises to upper management just for the sake of savings and metrics, and you will see high-quality software services that can be treated as a base to build on top of to provide even more savings.