Pros
So many pros, I'll do this bullet point style so this doesn't get too long: - Ability to work from home - Flexible schedules, ability to work 4 10 hour shifts and that means a lot of time off (3 days off every week is awesome!) - Great work life balance (I know a lot of people say Amazon doesn't have this, however I think this is highly dependent on what team you work in and the manager you have, i'm fortunate enough to have both a great team and manager) - Pretty good compensation (amazon believes in total compensation, I will go into further details in cons) - Learn a ton on the job and have access to the latest and greatest in Cloud Computing - Occasional free food including free breakfast cereals most of the month - Lots of very smart people to learn from and collaborate with - Opportunity to advance, after working one year you are free to apply for any job in the company...you are really only limited by your own ambition and hard work at Amazon. - Helping fix customer problems makes me happy, but I might be weird - You are always empowered to fight for and help the customer, which makes it easy to do your job
Kontras
- "Frugality" can sometimes go too far, employee perks don't match up with the Googles and Facebooks of the world. This is across the board. They are decent with perks, but not great. - Total compensation means that you will always be paid in both stock and salary, and while its nice to own stock in a good company, it can also be used against you because the RSUs take 2 years to vest, and you can run into situations where because you were previously given a vest, you will not get another one even though it might be warranted (raise, promotion, etc). the continual 2 year vests can also seem like golden handcuffs. - Working in Premium Support at times can feel like a call center; you have set times when you need to be available for phones and chats and that can sometimes be aggravating.