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> It always seemed weird to me that people make such high salaries in tech but just don't value time as the main commodity of our lives. It's not about valuing
by jjav 6y ago
> It always seemed weird to me that people make such high salaries in tech but just don't value time as the main commodity of our lives.
It's not about valuing it, the problem is that finding jobs which allow part-time work is just about impossible. I'd give anything for a job where I can work 40% time for 40% salary, but those don't exist.
My wife has managed to arrange 80% time for 80% pay at the G of FAANG for a couple years, but the company absolutely hates the arrangement and tries every opportunity to sabotage it so it's not that great. Also, management demands 40 hours of work for that 80% pay with the explanation that full-time employees are expected to work for a lot more than 40 hours.
- 0xffff2 6y agoStories like this remind me that maybe my low-six-figure salary in the bay area isn't that bad after all. I may be dramatically underpaid by FANNG standards, but I'm never asked to work overtime and I'm free to take PTO whenever I want.
- balfirevic 6y agoI'm not from the US so I wouldn't know first hand, but I've read plenty of comments on HN from people who claim to be working for FAANG and just work normal 40 hour work weeks.