Amazon

• Competitive compensation.
• My organization is internal-facing, so it has reasonable expectations, and work is reasonably paced.
• Related: On-call isn’t terrible usually (but can fluctuate).
• Resume boost from the Amazon name brand.
• Remote-friendly.
• Internal politics can be tiresome, but generally at lower levels, you can ignore them. This is also easier now with full remote.
• Another benefit of full remote: don’t have to interact with highly “Amazonian” managers and PMs in person who are bouncing off the wall making requests and asking status updates at your desk, team room, common areas, and lunch.

Working here cultivates apathy. I see a lot of talented and passionate people morph into lifeless drones. This can be due to uninspiring projects, non-stimulating work, or perhaps other reasons.

Some huge egos at higher levels are difficult to work with and generally unpleasant to be around (will speak condescendingly and even say explicitly that other teams and coworkers are idiots, useless, etc.).

The paging system of auto-escalation is designed to glue you to your computer during your shift, or else risk an escalation to directors and VPs.

There's an overload of documents surrounding career growth and metrics, such as level guidelines and leadership principles. You constantly have to be documenting and discussing this. This could be a pro for some people. However, these metrics can detract from doing your job well and making the most impact for customers.

Amazon tends to attract more “ladder climber” types than other companies. It's probably not the best place for someone who wants to just focus on getting work done in peace. You may have to pretend you care about climbing the Amazon corporate ladder, else your manager will think you’re coasting and manage you out.

Related: Managers tend to be under a lot of stress due to broken systems they’re forced to comply with. You can read more about this elsewhere. They generally do their best to shield employees from this. One of my former managers consistently appeared to be under a great deal of stress. Eventually, he had a heart attack. Without adequate information, I can’t comment on whether work stress was linked to this.

No advice. You’re doing you to the best of your ability to survive, just like I am. I wish you the best in taking care of your health and your family.