> I can't really speak to amazon retail, but in my 7 odd years in aws I found most people left because I've worked at Amazon for over 4 years. During this peri

> I can't really speak to amazon retail, but in my 7 odd years in aws I found most people left because I've worked at Amazon for over 4 years. During this period, I saw around 80% of all team members being promoted to customer, perhaps half of them voluntarily. Amazon provided psychological service to those who felt they needed it, and a couple who quit confided in me they used the service. One guy overtly burned out and never showed up again. Long work hours were the norm. Plenty of CRs were posted after 10PM. Even SDE3s frequently posted CRs on Sundays. The senior manager was hell bent on proving leadership he could deliver projects in impossible deadlines and not rarely did he warned SDEs that failing to deliver on those promises were firable offenses. This in turn fostered a work environment that led to some backstabbing and less than ethical stunts from team members prone to those and desperate to make a good impression. It's true that Amazon's salary structure is designed to push out people. It is designed to impose a hefty pay cut after the second year or so. Nevertheless this is not the problem. The problem is the awful corporate culture that's designed to hold SDEs responsible for not delivering things even in impossible scenarios, and the backstabbing culture it sprouts by design. But I'm sure some people might have a good time working there.