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That whole sentence where the WhatsApp guys have bigger desks and toilets than the Facebook guys. Really feels like it is coming straight from a dystopian futu
by ironjunkie 8y ago
That whole sentence where the WhatsApp guys have bigger desks and toilets than the Facebook guys.
Really feels like it is coming straight from a dystopian future, where the workers are kept happy with little candies, and the promise to work for a better world, while also policing each others to see who got it better next door, while the big bosses are in their towers planning their next move.
If you don't feel like a "sheep" or "token" after realizing that you are fighting over the size of a toilet or a desk, then you are deep deep into it.
- madeofpalk 8y agoThat’s one approach. Another is that, when you’re in an extremely fortunate position these are the sorts of things that start to be the only and biggest issues in your life.
- dunkelheit 8y agoThat part of the article stood out for me too. These are all status issues and status is very important for human beings whether they like it or not. It seems that (despite being very well-compensated) engineers at facebook are pretty low-status - they are forced to sit all day at shitty desks in giant loud open spaces. So when whatsapp employees who were used to better working conditions arrived, it caused a good amount of culture conflict.