Pros
- Big name in the industry - Learning the peculiar Amazon way of execution
Cons
READ the New York Times article before joining, google: "Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace" - Likely to get to work on areas that are 1 inch wide and a mile deep - thinking about your impact on the product and ask yourself, is that the way you'd like to grow in your career? - Lots of mid-level managers that abuses the power to keep themselves afloat (unfortunately an issue not getting enough attention from the high-level managers and since the turn over rate is so high, there won't be a shortage of applicants, so your feedback are likely to get ignored as a new hire) - A grinding place: systematic overuse of new hires, it's team dependent, but your likelihood to get burn out is much higher than the other tire one tech companies - Definitely not a company culture that encourages interpersonal communications (to run the scale Amazon has, the company prioritizes process, guidelines, and documentation over human connections - ask yourself is that the way you like to work?) - Most people just think about themselves and how to climb up the career ladder, as the turn over rate is so high, no one really cares to have long-term thinking for your career or the product - The review system is corrupted: People learn how to game the system and sometimes even use it to bring down their peers or go up - You will get to work on products with lots of traffic, but many of which will have no visibility to end users (if you cares about this) - If you enjoy working with people that have a true appreciation of user experience and design, this is not the place for you, although you will learn a good deal of business execution