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Can confirm. At FAANG, it typically works like this. What's really striking to me is the rate of attrition. Can anyone explain it? Aren't these good jobs? Ar
by 3thr0waway 1y ago
Can confirm.
At FAANG, it typically works like this.
What's really striking to me is the rate of attrition. Can anyone explain it?
Aren't these good jobs? Aren't there less opportunities for good jobs for them to be able to churn to?
Where are they going? Why do they churn at such high rates?
- paularmstrong 1y agoHigh paying jobs? yes. Good jobs? no. The organizations are typically dysfunctional and all of the things that the original comment here lead to really poor working environments and burnout.
- 3thr0waway 1y agoIsn't that a lot better than really poor working environments, burnout, AND low pay?
- spacemadness 1y agoAre these the only options in the table? Perhaps it’s ok for people to want better.
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- nradov 1y agoPoor working environments? You mean the office is sometimes too noisy or too cold or the coffee runs out?
- franktankbank 1y agoBackbiting, nepotism, self-dealing.
- hellisothers 1y agoThis is every professional job, my friends outside of tech have the same complaints.
- bradlys 1y agoThe difference is that tech acts like it doesn’t have this issue. Other industries openly acknowledge they practice this and so expectations are set accordingly.
- const_cast 1y agoI would describe a poor office environment as an open one. Cubicles are much better, and offices a little better than that. These are not just unproductive environments, they're unpleasant. Having to be "on" for 8 hours a day because you don't even get a vague idea of privacy is exhausting.
- nradov 1y agoHave you ever worked in a factory or restaurant or construction job site? I understand that some office environments aren't great for knowledge work but complaints about poor working conditions are a bit overblown.
- tpm 1y agoA bit overblown? I literally could not do my work in the working environment I was supposed to (open space) because of the constant noise from coworkers. That was at a time when ANC technology wasn't very good and I left for this and other reasons.
- JohnFen 1y agoThis. I quit a very high-paying job at a very well-known tech company because they shifted to an open office environment. It was not only exceedingly unpleasant, but it eliminated my ability to work.
- nradov 1y agoI find that hard to believe. Some of the mechanical engineers that I know do much of their work out on factory floors that are constantly noisier than any office. And I guarantee that what they're doing is at least as complex and intellectually challenging as anything you've ever done. I'm all for improved working conditions but some software developers are entirely too precious. What we do isn't special.
- tpm 1y agoYou sound exactly like a manager that would put everyone into a open space and then could not understand why the productivity goes down like a rock. Yeah, people told you and you chose to ignore them.