Pros
Compensation is competitive. Lots of smart coworkers. Separation of technical and management seniority tracks, so you don't have to become a manager to advance
Cons
There's been several reorgs in the devops/platform engineering part of the business in the last couple of years. The cycle is consistent. New management gains political favour, hires more people, shuffles the org chart and adds projects which don't address real issues. These fail, management is replaced and the cycle repeats. After several loops the org is bloated with technical people, insular management layers and projects which collectively produce little value. The latest cycle added ~10 product managers, likely tasked with keeping goals aligned with real org requirements. But the issues haven't changed, they're just repackaged and presented in a more disconnected, positive format. People in technical roles don't seem to be able to disrupt these cycles either. I've failed, and watched others fail, to redirect effort towards high value work and known issues but management naturally rewards on people who enable them. I assume the product people are in the same position.
