Human Brain EnthusiastWhat’s in it for people who work for the big tech companies who enable one morally bankrupt thing after another for decades on end just to make the billionaire owners richer?
Is that truly fulfilling work?
I get “job security” or whatever (which you don’t actually have by the way), but working for these companies for years?
Something is wrong with you.
Please note I don’t mean this in a snarky “yet you work under capitalism lol” way.
I specifically mean big tech (like Microsoft, Google or Meta) and staying there for years without even looking for another job.
You can make choices for your life.
Cameron Watters@thomasfuchs 30 years of RSUs, above median wages, and max 401(k) contributions to pay for: student loans, $1m+ mortgage, maybe partnered to someone else in the in the industry, 2-3 kids who will need childcare, private school K-12, elite extra curriculars, and then uni, helping kids buy first homes, etc.
Being upper middle class is very expensive, and big tech covers those costs.
That's the archetype I see in the Seattle/Bellevue area, anyway.
@watters it’s still a choice that people make for themselves
and in any case at some point they’ll be laid off to please shareholders for a few days
@thomasfuchs I get it, and my career isn't in that mold.
But, I think it is the answer to the question.
A disappointing number of people live according to a variation "if it's not a crime and/or i can pay the fine, it's just fine" with little or no disruption from the cognitive dissonance.