Pros
Opportunity to work with smart, highly motivated team members. At Amazon Web Services you can identify, drive change and have a significant impact on the business. It is by far the market leader in its field with a fast pace of innovation and a great underlying product set. Genuinely customer obsessed and growing at a breakneck rate.
Cons
Where to start. I encourage you to search for the 2015 New York Times article regarding working practises at Amazon - its roughly 80-90% accurate. As an employee, you are not valued. The culture is 24/7 across all departments and even the hardest of workers will find working 60-70+ hour weeks + working weekends challenging. Expect to receive more than 200 emails a day. The culture is rotten and comes all the way from the CEO down, fuelling a horrible, back biting, blame-driven working environment. Expect little to no support from your Manager who is likely working even harder than you and focused on covering their own backs. Really and truly, being an employee of Amazon is the exact opposite of being a customer here - do not gauge your experiences of being a customer of Amazon and think it must be an awesome place to work. If you have a family or value any sort of life outside of work it is not for you. Pay is below industry average and "frugality" is the watchword with poor staff benefits and a general feeling of "cheapness" across the business. The culture does suit some people but if you have options, pick Amazon last. If you do pick Amazon, make sure you go in with your eyes open, have an exit plan and get what you need out of working here. Staff turnover is appallingly high and job roles are difficult to fill. Despite a facade valuing diversity and gender it is not valued at all. A shame, I was so excited to join this company and knew within days I had made a horrible mistake. Beware also the "golden handcuffs" of the "joining bonus" which means you cannot leave inside a year and note carefully the 2 year nature of your salary structure - this is a deliberate policy to burn you out you out and get the next load of poor, bright-eyed staff in.