Amazon

Lots to learn about software engineering here, especially when working alongside some of the best devs in tech. Amazon is a powerhouse that is going nowhere, so your salary and (probably) RSUs will be secure.

AWS Managed Services was formerly a very cool org to work for. The VP used to echo the saying “best place to work at the best place to work,” but that attitude has long since disappeared.

The company refuses to hire to fill gaps left by devs who have left. Leadership still imposes demands on dev teams with no input from them on what is needed for the product.

Higher level managers have begun slowly, covertly converting my team to a DevOps role.

On-call is ridiculous, and no matter how much dev teams plead with management, no effort is exerted to change things.

Compensation increases this year were a joke, and the increase has been completely canceled out by the depreciation of our RSUs.

With inflation and depreciation, my total compensation is worth substantially less than it was last year.

If you try to change teams, management will do their best to prevent that from happening by giving you a poor yearly performance evaluation for arbitrary reasons.

Coding opportunities are becoming more and more rare.

As I see more and more people leave, I am beginning to understand why.