Amazon

Good opportunities to learn. Talented co-workers. There are opportunities to move to other teams, which is helpful.

The managers can do anything when it comes to reviews.

Peer reviews don't matter; your rating is decided in a closed-door meeting with other senior managers that you might have never known of. They always try to bring the rating down if the product quality is not up to expectations.

People who get good reviews or are promoted are those who worship such managers. I have not seen this bad a culture in any other company.

The company says it has improved this process, but it hasn't. I think it went the other way.

Poor benefits.

• 401k match is the lowest.
• Annual pay increase is well around zero (or negative) if you consider inflation.

Please try to improve the review process by not solely relying on what the manager says. Consider feedback from other peers and change this abusive culture.