Well, I was using that phrase ironically. In much the same way about paying people to not understand, anyone who works at a FAANG will take criticism of a comp

Well, I was using that phrase ironically. In much the same way about paying people to not understand, anyone who works at a FAANG will take criticism of a company as a personal attack. But if one attaches so much of their sense of self to these behemoths, their time would be better spent asking what it says about them that they'd take on "unpaid astroturfing" as part of their job description. "Bootlicker" comes to mind.