After spending over 15 years in the tech industry, I recently completed a three-year at Google. I wanted to share my experiences ( Note: I'm not laid off , but these three years are the worst of my whole career ..Work Culture is Not What I Expected). Google, with its reputation, was a dream job for...Read more
After a year or so I’m in the Bay again, visiting from EMEA. I’m always shocked how terrible this place is in pretty much every aspect except pay and maybe nature. Guys, why on earth would anyone like to live here? L6 / 500K
I have been working here for 2 and half year. I love my work and the opportunity Amazon has to provide. However, the stack ranking is just terrible. I am not against letting go the low performer but stack ranking employees and cutting bottom part is just plain toxic. Engineers who do not meet high b...Read more
Horrible depressing weather. No culture. Regressive tax policy (why is Bezos and Gates there? no income tax) that benefits billionaires and screws the poor. At least Bay area has better weather and fairer taxes. #rant #seattle
I have been a part of very toxic work life in the last one year. I have a compensation of 55 LPA and it’s remote which has made it hard for me to move away. It beyond unbearable I am working 12-14 hours a days and still receiving backlash for small things. Now my health is bad due to stress TLDR My...Read more
Low salary, less job opportunities, high tax, high living costs, it’s much worse than India
With remote work for one of the FAANG, I have the option to move to Texas with only 2-3% cut in pay. 1M will let you find a good large house in the luxury neighborhood with great school district whereas Bay Area is just an expensive shithole in all ways.
Looking to move to a non-shithole area in California because of weather. I was looking at Sacramento in Google maps and looks non-shitholly. However I’ve never been there physically. Is it a shithole?
Interviewed with this company as warmup, got an offer, 320k base and paper money. I remember this company was popular last year. Did something changed? Or it was a shithole since the beginning? I kinda wanna join since I don’t have visa problems, lol
Linkedin is shithole as a company and product. Especially India office. #linkedin
These crimes are only going up and charges keep getting dropped by DA, and even more criminals are getting released. Tired of this shit. https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/2-asian-women-stabbed-in-san-francisco/ Betty Yu (@BettyKPIX) Tweeted: ⚠️ TW / ASIAN FATHER ATTACKED IN MISSION BAY WHILE WAL...Read more
For the 1000th time, don’t come to ByteDance. No matter how much they will loffer you. #tech
Can someone tell me why the US needs me to go through immigration and customs even if I'm just transiting through an airport? Why can't they be more like first world airports with fully equipped international terminals? #shithole