Amazon reviews

Jeff Bezos is never going to retire. This means that VPs and above who are at Amazon are fully aware that they will never be CEO. It can be argued that this reduces the pool of talented leaders who are willing to work at Amazon. In my experience, the executives at Amazon tend to be less competent than at most other companies of similar size. Also, although they will claim otherwise, it's an intensely political environment. Many directors, VPs, etc can fail over an dover because they have been there forever. Carrying a pager is either neutral or a big negative. If your team has its stuff together it's minimally invasive. OTOH, if you're supporting crap pager duty can be hell.

Amazon is not the kind of place where you would pick a job and work there for 20 years. Amazon expects people to switch jobs every 2-3 years or so, work extra hours, and push hard. If you're happy with just doing your job, the 9-5 thing, it will not generally work too well. Amazon is a good place to work hard for 5-8 years, and then hop into any position you want somewhere else.. or work hard for 10-15 years and retire :) The benefits package isn't all that impressive compared to other companies, but they focus rewards on the financial side rather than benefits / time off.