Pros
If you get into a team with a good manager, you'll manage to survive and get through the day 2 culture.
Cons
APJ Management have basically destroyed the entire region. The problem is, they actually think they've done a great job. Because a company or region is more profitable under new leadership, doesn't mean it has been a success. If it's at the expense of employee satisfaction, then trust me, your customers are not being looked after. I believe it was Richard Branson who once said looking after your customers is easy - Simply look after your staff, and the rest will take care of itself. AWS needs to learn from this, because the new APJ Leadership are completely clueless. Also, please stop harping on about Day 1. There is nothing Day 1 about AWS APJ. Everything is 100% Day 2. Everything is a tick the box exercise. Everything is being managed from a spreadsheet by the powers above who simply look at metrics, and have no idea on the actualities on the ground that the sales people and staff face. Work on making life easier for your staff, not harder for the sake of ticking a box.