Amazon

There are a ton of systems in place to help you learn and contribute. There is an endless amount of training you can do. People are helpful and encourage being curious and driven. This is the kind of place where if you are hungry, want to do big things, and learn a lot, the opportunity is here.

Care benefits are great.

There is relatively good security in this difficult economic time. AWS is growing strong.

Only get 2 weeks of vacation the first year, then 3 weeks for a few years. This seems way below standard and should be fixed. Start employees at 4 weeks to keep them happy and rested from the start.

I've been told countless times to control the workstream coming in, or you will burn out. There is endless opportunity here and more work than time to do it. If you try to boil the ocean here, you'll be the one who boils.

Change salaried employees to 4 weeks vacation at the start, and gain a week every 6 years or something like that. Two and three weeks is what I'd expect 20 years ago. I almost didn't take the job because of this, considering that AWS is an intense working environment.