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Posting social media videos of "a day in the life of FANG" company showcasing the little amount of work people do doesn't work either. There's a lot of people
by gt565k 4y ago
Posting social media videos of "a day in the life of FANG" company showcasing the little amount of work people do doesn't work either.
There's a lot of people at these companies who don't do anything meaningful and are getting paid a boat load. There's people like that in almost every company.
Back from the Yahoo peak days I had multiple people tell me that all they did in a week was fix 1-2 small bugs in a day and didn't do jack shit the rest of the week and got paid handsomely. Probably explains in-part the demise of Yahoo as a tech company.
My point is, layoffs typically target workers who are not needed by the company anymore.
People do layoffs in their personal life too. Your house cleaner or landscaper gets laid off when you decide to stop using their services as you try to do the work yourself and save some money.
This ultra-left stance on layoffs being bad is ridiculous. It's part of the business cycle and economic outlook the companies are facing.
- hef19898 4y agoThere is a very interesting trend among white collar and tech people (or people at tech companies) being laid off and finding this so hard. Well, time to grow up, lower skilled labor experiences that regularly, and those of us who were around during 2008 or the dot com bubble experienced it too. Now a new generation is learning life is not always all roses. Funny to see it on social media so.
- zeroonetwothree 4y agoThey aren't allowed to show videos of their actual work. So obviously they only show the parts that they can show like lunch or whatever. Most people at FANG companies work quite a lot in my experience.
- askafriend 4y agoThe people posting those are usually interns...not to mention they'd probably get fired if they actually leaked videos of real work situations. So that's why all you see is the company perks like free food, gym or flexible work hours.