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Why would anyone work here anymore. Bad work life balance, executives blaming everyone but themselves, obsolete product. Their only hope is a gamble on a 3d vi

Why would anyone work here anymore. Bad work life balance, executives blaming everyone but themselves, obsolete product. Their only hope is a gamble on a 3d virtual experience which sounds interesting but far fetched.

shadowgovt 4y ago
Mostly because "pay and benefits aren't as good as they were before this downturn" is still a salary of $160k a year on average, which is triple the national average. There may be other, better software companies, but (a) people can get very comfortable with the devil they know and (b) right this second, the belt-tightening isn't just at Meta, it's everywhere; it may not be the best time to change employers.
- jejeyyy77 4y ago
  You can make $160K at almost any US company as a software guy...
  - aliqot 4y ago
    yea and you wouldnt have to live/pay bay area costs
    - sweettea 4y ago
      Among the traditional FAANG, Facebook is the most remote friendly of them, with a large proportion of the company being fulltime remote.
      - slenk 4y ago
        Based on Zuck's attitude, I doubt remote will stay
    - Aaronstotle 4y ago
      I make significantly less than 160k and live in the bay area, 160k is still a large amount of money, even living here.
      - deleted 4y ago
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  - AzzieElbab 4y ago
    Unfortunately I wouldn't be so sure this will remain the case next year
  - CydeWeys 4y ago
    Dunno where that guy is getting that figure from. Comp at Meta is still much higher than that, especially for senior SWE and up.
- NCC1701DEngage 4y ago
  >it may not be the best time to change employers. Literally the lowest unemployment rate since the '90s Internet Boom.
  - shadowgovt 4y ago
    In general yes. Specifically in this short span of time, the expectations violated due to inflation have spooked a lot of companies and triggered hiring freezes. https://news.yahoo.com/tesla-apple-microsoft-peloton-all-of-tech-companies-hitting-the-brakes-on-hiring-202428628.html https://news.yahoo.com/tesla-apple-microsoft-peloton-all-of-...

shadowgovt 4y ago

Mostly because "pay and benefits aren't as good as they were before this downturn" is still a salary of $160k a year on average, which is triple the national average. There may be other, better software companies, but (a) people can get very comfortable with the devil they know and (b) right this second, the belt-tightening isn't just at Meta, it's everywhere; it may not be the best time to change employers.

jejeyyy77 4y ago
You can make $160K at almost any US company as a software guy...
- aliqot 4y ago
  yea and you wouldnt have to live/pay bay area costs
  - sweettea 4y ago
    Among the traditional FAANG, Facebook is the most remote friendly of them, with a large proportion of the company being fulltime remote.
    - slenk 4y ago
      Based on Zuck's attitude, I doubt remote will stay
  - Aaronstotle 4y ago
    I make significantly less than 160k and live in the bay area, 160k is still a large amount of money, even living here.
    - deleted 4y ago
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- AzzieElbab 4y ago
  Unfortunately I wouldn't be so sure this will remain the case next year
- CydeWeys 4y ago
  Dunno where that guy is getting that figure from. Comp at Meta is still much higher than that, especially for senior SWE and up.
NCC1701DEngage 4y ago
>it may not be the best time to change employers. Literally the lowest unemployment rate since the '90s Internet Boom.
- shadowgovt 4y ago
  In general yes. Specifically in this short span of time, the expectations violated due to inflation have spooked a lot of companies and triggered hiring freezes. https://news.yahoo.com/tesla-apple-microsoft-peloton-all-of-tech-companies-hitting-the-brakes-on-hiring-202428628.html https://news.yahoo.com/tesla-apple-microsoft-peloton-all-of-...