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1. It depends on the company (Amazon vs AWS) and it varies from org to org, and team to team. Just like in every place there's going to be great and crapy people. In 3 years at Amazon I had the opportunity to work next to great people, but also with people at the complete opposite side.

2. In my case, it did not. I decided my happiness/wellness and health (physical and mental) were more important.