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I'm not sure conditions in most tech companies are adequately described as "working in hell". I mean, the article above mentions "free cafeteria, gym, yoga room

by smsm42 9y ago

I'm not sure conditions in most tech companies are adequately described as "working in hell". I mean, the article above mentions "free cafeteria, gym, yoga rooms, and all night snack bars", and in companies like Google it goes way beyond that, plus salary that is way over the average... pretty much anywhere outside banking industry? plus vacations, medical coverage, 401k and other nice stuff - and then on top of that, you also get a small chance to be a millionaire. Not exactly how the hell looks like.

kmicklas 9y ago
They give you all that stuff to some degree to cover over how toxic the culture and job is otherwise. Leaving Google was the best decision I ever made despite the fact that I now get none of those things and make significantly less money.
QAPereo 9y ago
Ah yes... perks. Makes those endless late nights a bit less awful. Plus you get to work on such wonderful stuff! The Juicero team is probably still swollen with um... pride. Above average salary paired with wasaay above average cost of living and nightmare commutimg. Plus a chance at striking it rich which is somewhere between playing Powerball and the nickel slots. But hey, at least most of you love what you do, and wouldn’t choose to use your skills in a more productive way. I’m sure that a group who talks endlessly about FOSS doesn’t mind Google’s vision. Sure the FB team believes in privacy, but just one more pull on the slots! Edit: @Dang I disagree, and your dislike of my style stopped bothering me a while ago. So save your breath for threatening people with orders of magnitude more time here than me with bans, and then hilariously pleading with their sockpuppets to respect that ban. I am not impressed.
- dang 9y ago
  Would you please stop ranting on HN, and particularly in this thread? Whatever you're doing here, thoughtful conversation is not it.

by smsm42 9y ago

kmicklas 9y ago

They give you all that stuff to some degree to cover over how toxic the culture and job is otherwise. Leaving Google was the best decision I ever made despite the fact that I now get none of those things and make significantly less money.

QAPereo 9y ago

Ah yes... perks. Makes those endless late nights a bit less awful. Plus you get to work on such wonderful stuff! The Juicero team is probably still swollen with um... pride. Above average salary paired with wasaay above average cost of living and nightmare commutimg. Plus a chance at striking it rich which is somewhere between playing Powerball and the nickel slots. But hey, at least most of you love what you do, and wouldn’t choose to use your skills in a more productive way. I’m sure that a group who talks endlessly about FOSS doesn’t mind Google’s vision. Sure the FB team believes in privacy, but just one more pull on the slots! Edit: @Dang I disagree, and your dislike of my style stopped bothering me a while ago. So save your breath for threatening people with orders of magnitude more time here than me with bans, and then hilariously pleading with their sockpuppets to respect that ban. I am not impressed.

dang 9y ago
Would you please stop ranting on HN, and particularly in this thread? Whatever you're doing here, thoughtful conversation is not it.