Great company to start off in the software industry
Pros
GREAT things about Amazon: - Widest employee diversity I've ever seen and amazing people. - Takes on all immigration-related matters for free. GREAT for immigrating into a country. - Competitive salary. - Good initial signing bonus and relocation lump sum package. - Strives to achieve excellence in the software development practices and excellence is encouraged. - Very DevOps like and allows for quick development compared to traditional companies (don't know about comparison with Google/Facebook, other tech giants) - Most people are strong professionals in their area of knowledge. - Everybody loves learning and are quick learners. - Comfy office with all supplements needed for working. - Everybody is hard working
Cons
- From time to time can become very demanding and objectives are always set higher than what physically can be done in a time, and used as a performance measurement. - Depending on the project, one can end up being in a very boring one. - Competitive landscape for career growth, but opportunities for everyone. - Has a few technologies that are unique to Amazon and won't serve anywhere outside, however, conceptually you can call this a PRO. - Since most of the team works really hard (extra hours), then, the performance is expected to be on the same level, setting the bar really high and affecting work-life balance considerably. No compensations whatsoever other than "sorry". Extra hours are not recorded anywhere.
