I've always thought of Amazon as a step into Faang. You get a job there, it pays really well. It sucks. You maybe survive 2 years and leave or don't and get a nice severance. Now you have faang on your resume and can go somewhere else. Never thought of it as a long term type place as you are very much not a person but a line item or even worse a hire to fire.
Honestly not sure. I'd never thought it was. Always heard google and Netflix were good places to work. This recession appears to potentially be changing that though