Senior leaders out of their depth
Pros
Great people who work in the trenches are amazing and there is a lot to learn from people who work there, sadly many leaving when they reach the 4 year cliff. (RSUs drop).
Cons
AWS has grown fast and many senior leader have hired under them which has projecting themselves upwards. The skills now needed to run a large sales and engineering organisation are being learnt on the job and as such many decisions are being poorly made and are risk adverse, slowing the innovation that once ran through the company. The company has lost its day-one culture and is starting to adapt to the slow down in its growth. The pressure on senior leaders to hit return on sale quotas means head count freezes and span of control being implemented; capping promotions and career options.
