Pros
- good pay - lots to do - empowered to make decisions and BIG ones - company is exploding and you can ride that wave - take on greater responsibilities - highly visible roles (to outside world)
Cons
- extremely political - cya mentality at the expense of the team - there is no i in team but everything is an i at aws - paranoia - mentality that everyone will screw them over - poor vendor relations - amzn squeezes every last drop of blood on every deal - they will pile on more and more and more and more until you are buried - most employees don't make it through year two - no life outside work - you must constantly be ready to defend yourself against someone throwing you under the bus - you will be put in a position where you may burn bridges due to negotiation of contracts - the promotion/title leveling up process is totally lame - similar to msft in that a fair amount is based on peer input and it only takes one negative person to essentially tank a promotion - also there is a fixed percentage of employees rated such that they'll advance, the rest remain in current slots or get managed out