Amazon

This is the first time in my career when I'm surrounded with nothing but incredibly smart and focused individuals.

Compensation is well beyond my expectations and more than suitable.

Exciting projects all across the company keep you interested and focused.

Ability to reach customers all across the world with unbelievable new technologies.

Ability to focus on the customer without worrying about what the other companies in the same field are doing.

Company is not worried about failing; know that you can learn from your mistakes and still come out on top.

• Some people are too afraid not to meet deadlines, which at times makes you sacrifice quality for delivery.
• Depending on which team you're on, culture might have a huge impact on your day-to-day job.
• Some managers remain, even though they drive away great employees from their teams just because they deliver results.
• Proper access to upper management is sometimes not available, and this causes problems for the people making things happen day to day.
• If you don't keep track of your own schedule, you can be working 100-hour weeks without even noticing.

Focus on the people. Make sure that managers are treating their employees with respect and not just using them as "replaceable tools" to throw out once they're burned out.

Simplify the promotion process. When someone deserves to be promoted, it should not be a nine-month process; it should be easy to prove that someone deserves it.