Unfortunately, almost every company expect "total control" [1] over your life during work hours. FAANG companies just pay more. Also, tech workers probably hav

Unfortunately, almost every company expect "total control" [1] over your life during work hours. FAANG companies just pay more. Also, tech workers probably have way more autonomy on their schedule than most other industries. Btw, I am just responding to your comment that "FAANG companies own you life"; not making an argument for remote vs in-person. I personally think that a hybrid model is great, and strongly agree with the currently-top comment by librish[2]. [1] significant control, if not total control [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30534539 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30534539