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> Every worker there clocks in at 9, and clocks out at exactly 5 LUL! Those are amateur numbers, buddy. I do 11-6 maybe, and work at a big 5 tech company ma
by stale2002 7y ago
> Every worker there clocks in at 9, and clocks out at exactly 5
LUL! Those are amateur numbers, buddy. I do 11-6 maybe, and work at a big 5 tech company making big 5 tech company salaries. And frankly, we aren't working a lot of the time during the day either.
And yes, we have the "unlimited" vacation, which usually results in people taking about 4 weeks a year, on average.
I think people underestimate how easy it is to work at some of the big tech companies.
- CameronBarre 7y agoDo you have to go into the office or do you work remote?
- stale2002 7y agoI live a couple blocks from the office, so I go in. There are a couple people on the team who work remote, though. Big 5 tech companies are pretty great.
- cameronbrown 7y ago> Big 5 tech companies are pretty great. Out of curiosity - any downsides to your working conditions? You seem pretty happy about everything.
- CameronBarre 7y agoThat's cool, I don't make a lot of money at the moment, but I do have nearly unlimited personal freedom working remotely.
- lawnchair_larry 7y agoThere is no “Big 5” in tech
- cameronbrown 7y agoFANNG?
- lawnchair_larry 7y agoThose are not the “big 5” in tech by any measure. FANG was an acronym that specifically related to stock returns at the time.
- cameronbrown 7y agoThen what measure would you propose? I'd definitely say these companies are an outlier in the amount of influence they wield.* * Admittedly would swap Netflix with Microsoft in the FAANG acronym.
- stale2002 7y agoAnd yet people know exactly what I mean when I say "big 5" tech company. How is it that everyone that I talk to, knows what I am talking about when I say those words, but apparently you don't?
- lawnchair_larry 7y agoI don’t know. I don’t see how anybody could know which companies you mean when you say big 5 tech companies. Which ones did you mean?
- stale2002 7y agoIt is a short hand for the major/prestigious tech companies. So it would be Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and maybe Netflix depending on who you ask. And yes, I know that is more than 5 companies. It is a shorthand for "those prestigious, large tech companies that new grads apply to, and hire lots of people, and have large market caps". If I talk to any new grad who is applying to companies these day, they will know what I mean when I say "big 5 tech companies". This is a very common term in the interview/tech market and discussions.
- stale2002 7y agoYou obviously know what I meant.