Amazon

Improved work-life balance in recent years. More diverse problems to work on: e-commerce, voice assistants, distributed systems, cloud scale. Access to smart and senior talent. Opportunities to change careers for engineers to management, technical program management, etc. Stock growth has been amazing, which is also the only reason why so many people continue to be with the company.

Very few experienced managers know how to deal with other people.

Experience is very much team dependent and peers. Some groups have too much politics and engineer backbiting to make them superior.

The bar has been lowered in recent years, and it is difficult to have smart conversations with peers.

Due to high attrition, too much time is wasted ramping up other engineers, mentoring, brown bag sessions, etc.

Due to too much hiring in the last 2 years, good projects are diluted, and most engineers are not getting good work.

The promotion bar is very inconsistent and significantly lowered for senior and below levels, which causes frustration among engineers, and many people leave.

Talk more often to engineers to understand the issues within the team.

Focus on adding value rather than focusing on just hiring more people.