Pluspunten
I'm a recruiter for the eCommerce Platform group, and love it here. As a tech recruiter, I'm hiring software engineers and managers, PMs, support engineers and data engineers. What I love most about my job are the great people I work with, and the work life balance. I have a great relationship with the engineering managers, Directors and VPs I work closely with, and they understand what it means to partner with recruiting (not just point fingers). I also have a fun time with my colleagues, and enjoy working with them, and trust them to have my back. I was surprised what a great work life balance is really possible here. I only work more than 40 hours when I really want to, no one pushes me to work overtime. I have been able to come in late or leave early as needed as I have children. I have also had no issue with taking a week off at a time, or longer as needed. At the same time, after 1.5 years here, am ready to be challenged and have volunteered for more challenging recruiting, training and leadership projects, which I have been given. Long story short, work life balance is what you make of it here.
Minpunten
I live on the eastside of Seattle, and driving in can be crazy at times. My commute coming in from Bothell can be as bad as 45 minutes - 1 hour 15 minutes, if I drive in at peak 8-830am times. I have to drive in peak times to drop the kids off, so my manager is flexible on my start time - it can still be tiring though. I'd suggest taking a bus if it matches your schedule. If you can drive in at 7am, commutes are MUCH better, e.g. 25-30 min. The other con I see is that Amazon has complex recruiting systems that can be hard to learn for remote recruiters. People working remotely have to work hard in the first 2-3 months to really learn the systems.