Amazon

• Great pay and benefits, generally well above the market level.
• You can learn a lot.
• People are very friendly and cheerful, which makes for a good atmosphere.

You have to stand up for yourself and be very professional. Sometimes deadlines might be too harsh, or unfair things might happen. The key to solving all of these is communication.

Don't promise something unless you are 100% sure you can deliver. Also, if you get into arguments with people, you can have a tough time. The key is, again, communication. If you don't follow this, a lot of problems can happen.

Most of the drawbacks that you will hear about Amazon are totally solvable. It also depends a lot on the individual teams.

There is a contradiction between what people need to do to advance their careers and the business needs of the company, which employees naturally focus on. Try to align the former to the latter more. Promote people more based on how they helped the company in tough situations, not on how they progressed on some tasks that are not normally in their work life.