Pros
Smart people. Nice environment. You are working for a major tech player.
Cons
Since Jassy took over as CEO Amazon has been on downhill. As you are more senior, more of your salary is based in stock. Employees take all the risk whilst Amazon takes none: If the stock goes down as it did in 22 and 23 you get no compensation. If the stock goes well as it did in 2024, they won’t increase your base salary (this happened for the first time ever) On top of that, they used to grant you stock for the next 2 years, now is only for 1 year. Add layovers, hiring freeze, limited AI innovation in Retail and Alexa, ridiculous return to office policy, no L7-8 opportunities, and no wonder most of my team has started to move to other tech companies. Either Amazon changes fast or is destined to be a Day 2 company.