Pros
* Very results driven company, everything you do counts * Nice brand name to work for * some tools like Chime are really good for internal and external communications * everyone is generally helpful and willing to help
Kontras
* Normal expectations are to work nights and weekends - every week, every month of the year * There is no work life balance, work life harmony, whatever they want to call it -managers will blatantly ask you to work on the weekend * IT tools are poor at best - for example they use internal tool workdocs - here is how sharing goes - hey Dave when your in the file, name the file filename1_dave.doc, when your done name it filename2.doc, when I go in I'll name the file filename2_steve.doc that way you won't edit at the same time. Alternative is Quip - a poor man google doc * expect to just have a mountain of work which you will never get through and be constantly hassled about it training, weekly reports, extracurricular contributions, etc. etc. the list goes on and on * because of this environment, it's getting harder and harder for Amazon to hire - there are reqs which are open for >10 months where they can't find someone to come in * don't expect to be promoted 90% of people come in and stay at same level or leave * compensation - mainly stock based, stock has been nearly flat or down for while, not sure how they will keep talent, 401k match is a joke