Pros
- Good pay and benefits - Regular author visits and talks (great environment if you are a reader) - Opportunities for fun (beer Fridays, ping pong tables) - Part of Amazon so access to some awesome amazon tools - Great place for entry level people to get experience if they are hiring - Some of the best friends you will ever make
Cons
- Newark - CEO is a genius but is disengaged/engaged at the worst possible moments - Zero management coordination, project management, or operational excellence (it's like kids playing "office") - They think they're data driven, but they're not-- telling a good story is better than telling the truth - The dinosaurs at the top are more worried about their ego being bruised than in listening to the people they trusted enough to employ. As a result, the best talent leaves after a year. - Resistance to making smart, strategic moves; conversely, they rush to build boondoggle programs the CEO thought up while he was working from home for 3 months in the summer - Their Operational Plan (OP1) cycle is the retarded mutant stepchild of Amazon's actual, working, process, and it paralyzes the organization for about half of the year.