There are many reasons why someone might not want to work at a FAANG company, but I'm wondering what stories you've heard about stability that would preclude you from working at any of them. Most of the stories I hear are measured in years, but of course, the stories I've heard aren't the stories you've heard, so I'm just curious.
The ever-present feeling that, at any time, you can be swept away in a wave of firings with 10,000 other employees, into an abyss of uncertainty, regardless of the quality or quantity of your contributions.
FAANG companies do not care about their employees at all and it's clearly just getting worse over time.
Also, I will never work in an office again, and I don't trust FAANG companies to allow me to have that luxury, even if it's in place when they hire me. Money turns groups of people — like boards and shareholders — into sociopaths.
No thank you. I'd rather work at a University or a small company. Less money, but a lot less stress, a lot more stability, and having experience makes me feel useful instead of feeling like a bullseye with a dollar sign in the middle.
