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- Hook up with a co-worker in the office? So we all know about the infamous hook-ups that happen between coworkers in the office. Now the question is, have any of you dirty Blind people ever hooked up AT the office?😏
- How much do you open up to your co-workers? And how fast? Suppose you start in a new group full of extroverts. On day 5, someone takes you out for a walk and starts peppering you with questions such as like tell me about yourself, why are you here etc. I find this forced "bonding" too irritating. Is this normal? Do you do this to you co-work
- link Senate bill would allow up to 195,000 H-1B workers per year https://www.axios.com/another-1516813659-37a6a673-b646-4827-b6a1-1c7c9479c75b.html The bill, according to a draft obtained by Axios: Increases the number of H-1B visas permitted to as much as 195,000 per year instead of the current 85,000 per year, including exemptions. Allows the spouses of H-1B
- vote Democrats want to break up big tech companies. How will it impact tech workers? L Democrats want to break up big tech companies. Is it going to be good or bad for tech workers? Will our compensation go up because of more competition? Who are the winners and losers if big tech companies we're broken up? https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/08/elizabeth-warren-pushes-to-break-up-companies
- vote California tells Healthcare workers to show up to work even if covid positive Is the way covid handled a scam yet?
- Have you ever hooked up with a married co-worker without any trouble later on? Sometimes it seems that some of the married women at work, don't mind or are looking for some fun outside their marriage. While it may sound fun and exciting but more often than not, the sword hangs over the male guy. Have you had fun with a married co-worker without getting caught or any trouble la
- link Single workers aren’t there to pick up the slack for their married bosses and colleagues Single workers shouldn’t be saddled with lower salaries or extra hours just because they’re single. In 1970, only 28% of adults 18 and older were not married. Now, nearly half (45%) are unmarried. https://qz.com/991030/your-single-coworkers-and-employees-arent-there-to-pick-up-the-slack-for-marrie
- Choosing a Pre IPO start up like Stripe over FAANG as a worker on temporary work visa What are the possible pros and cons of working at a pre ipo startup like stripe? Is there a reason why folks on temporary work visas are sticking with FAANG? I haven’t got an offer but I like to know what I’m getting into so I can prepare accordingly. Been reading about FAANG from a Product Manage
- NYT: "They Can’t Leave the Bay Area Fast Enough As tech era draws to an end, more workers and companies are packing up "...the migration from the Bay Area appears real. Residential rents in San Francisco are down 27 percent from a year ago, and the office vacancy rate has spiked to 16.7 percent, a number not seen in a decade. Though prices had dropped only slightly, Zillow reported more homes for sale in San Francis
- Do you like working at Meta? I am interviewing for Meta right now, but I’m not sure if I want to continue. Is Meta a good company to work for? Aside from compensation what else do you like? Not going to bother putting up a poll since I can’t limit it to only Meta workers. TC: 200K YoE: 5
- Brother makes more than me as a Construction worker Yes, I know that I’m at a place that pays peanuts but hear me out because he may also make more than your base. My brother makes $140k TC (no stocks, no bonus) as a construction worker and he’s 19 years old. He has 2 YOE as a construction worker. My parents used to get on his case for skipping col
- vote Would you join a tech worker union? Following up on the tech worker thread.....
- Musk’s potential Twitter takeover is a prime example of why the workers should own the company Allowing a billionaire, a Saudi Prince, and Vanguard to decide what happens to a company while the actual tech workers have essentially no say even with all of their combined stock shows how convicted and fucked up our current system is. #tech #capitalism #socialism
- link Average banker made $257k bonus and $438k TC in 2021 Wall Street bonuses climb to record $257,500 last year, New York says. Of course they work pretty hard though. 80 hour weeks are normal. Average software engineer made less but also like 20-40 hour weeks for most of us. Have to be L5 / ~4+ years of experience to make $438k+ in FAANG-level company,
- link No more 🍌 for AMZN employees, replaced with 💵 Amazon boosts max base pay for corporate workers to $350,000 as labor market heats up https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/07/amazon-boosts-max-base-pay-for-corporate-workers-to-350000-.html TC:400
- Meta cutting benefits and then freezing hiring... hmmm i was also told that insurance premiums/copays are going up... and other stuff like chair for home office as remote worker doesn't qualify as an expense. There is a camp that sees meta stock crash as temporary setback but if you zoom out and look at recent events it doesn't tell a good story.. Red
- Blend Labs put in a vaccine mandate for remote workers. In states outside CA! Blend has converted all workers into "Remote-first" under the vague rule that they may require you to attend a company event or office in the future. Remote-only workers were converted for some reason. So now all Remote workers must get vaxxed by Feb 1st of fired. They only have offices in CA & NY.
- vote "metaMATE" sounds like you're mating with your colleagues What did zuck smoke before coming up with that crazy cringe 😬🤦 it's literally becoming cringe to be a Facebook worker
- annoying/gross things co-workers do at their desks no joke had a co worker clipping his nails at his desk today. clippings were flying everwhere. 🤢 this has to be up there, but what are the grossest/most annoying things co-workers do in your space??
- High School Principal to tech? Asking for a friend. She is probably the hardest working and passionate worker I know. She is currently a high school principal that is been exploring new job opportunities as she is getting burned out from education. I couldn’t come up with any good ideas so coming to the community for help. Any g
- link Getting worse! East Bay Times: H-1B visa to green card: Wait time for Indian workers is up to 151 years: report. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/06/08/h-1b-visa-to-green-card-wait-time-for-indian-workers-is-up-to-151-years-report/
- /r/antiwork is beautiful Great to see even lower paid workers sticking up for themselves and having no qualms with leaving their employers hanging out to dry. Fuck corporations and fuck loyalty. “Loyalty” only encourages abuse.
- seriously what happens if a start up does not land? so what really happens to the founders / execs / workers if the start up does not land (which mostly they don’t)? my guess is still the founders would get handful of equities that they can liquidate somehow, the execs / workers especially the workers get nothing, basically screwed up after slaving
- Do people now realize that cash is king? Every tech stock has been getting its ass kicked lately. I shudder to think how poorly private stocks would fair too in the current public market. Most tech workers have seen a 20-30% (at least) TC decrease recently despite likely working hard and making their company millions. Some people loved to
- link FB PERM being blocked and recruiter lied about it Just a heads up to folks on H1B https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-lawsuit-against-facebook-discriminating-against-us-workers
- link Where’s the Facebook walkout? https://slate.com/technology/2018/11/facebook-workers-should-speak-up-about-their-company-right-now.html
- Doordash engineers will deliver food now? Delivery service is reinstating WeDash program that requires every worker —- up to and including the CEO — to perform delivery or other duties once a month
- vote What would you do if your employer didn't pay you for a couple months? But promised to make catch-up payments later. Shutdown must really suck for those federal workers!
- vote Is it me or everybody making $500k+? Just looking at Blind posts, I get the sense that literally every Software Engineers/Tech workers are making $200k+, avging $400k. And let’s be honest, who doesn’t work for Tech nowadays? Even if I’m crazy, haven’t other industry up their comp to compete against Tech (ex. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanl
- People feel entitled to tips , I hate tipping Why are we still tipping, this culture has roots in racism, it was primarily to not pay African Americans after ratification of 15th amendment . We rented umbrella and beach chairs for 20$/hr , the guy casually turned the iPad for tips selections, why should I tip an umbrella setup guy , boba tea
- link Guess the H1B folks got screw again. Biden is going to prioritize DACA They are going to prioritize the DACA/Dreamers/TPS/undocumented before the suffering backlogged H1B folks. I wonder why America's priorities are so mixed up https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/04/house-wont-vote-on-bidens-comprehensive-immigration-plan-this-month.html https://www.vox.com/policy-and-po
- Advice for First 90 days as Contractor How do you warm up to co-workers that are stand offish who could be your supervisor or a more senior tech? Handle a co-worker who dismisses your base of knowledge, which is starting to be apparent?
- vote Joining blind has made me a more bitter person. I'm going to delete this app. It used to be usefull to keep up to date with job culture and pay in tech but now it just seems like a really toxic place. It seems toxic to me and I work at Amazon. I actually think people posting Inflated (fake) TCs is causing unhappiness and attrition at good comp
- vote Bernie interviewing Musk: workers revolution coming? Fun parody video based on Ho Rogan. About his workers revolution: if all the workers rise up, what will happen to us SWEs? Pretty sure they will go after bankers, will they now also go over big Tech since we are well paid? None of the big tech are particularly populair these days. https://youtu.b
- Foreign trained engineers This is not a troll question, so please provide constructive arguments. One of the complains Americans have is foreign trained(in some cases inferiorly trained) tech workers are replacing them. These workers work for cheap. And one of the reasons cited as to why american workers cannot work for so
- vote WFH long term If we end up WFH long-term, do you care if you don't see your co-workers ever again in person?
- vote Worth relocating to work in the HQ office or be 100% remote? More valuable younger in your career? Just accepted an offer. The company is a start up but my team, boss, and main co-workers are all remote. I’m really wanting to grow my skills/career. #startup #careerbuilder #relocation #wfh #officelife YOE 3.5
- Quitting a job without another lined up H-1B workers, have you ever quit a job without another lined up? How did it turn out? What was the reason you quit. ?
- link Who is this “Compete America” Organization? Why is compete America undermining US workers? H-1B Visas Being Held Up, US Tech Companies Claim https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/h-1b-visas-being-held-up-us-tech-companies-claim-1944690
- vote How long do you believe we will continue to make the ultra high TC that we currently make? The median American makes 60k while mid-level and even some entry-level tech workers are cracking 200k. How long will we keep this up?
- FB remote workers for US roles I am thinking of applying for some roles in FB now that they open up their roles for remote workers. The thing is, I am based in Asia and I am not very keen in working in US hours in long term. However, the roles that I am interested in are mostly in US. Any Facebook employees know what is the appr
- What's your backup plan? Say there is no more appetite for tech workers and you had to get a job ASAP. I'll go first. I'd start up a pyramid-like scheme selling nutritional supplements.
- Amazon Alexa team? Just got hit up by an Amazon recruiter from this team specifically alexa devices, how is it, do you enjoy your co workers. WLB, manager, etc. I never saw myself interested in working at Amazon, but my current comp is low and Inflation sucks. 155K base.
- Older workers in tech A business owner friend confided in me that he sees older workers as washed out boxers and never hires them. Where can older workers go if they didnt make it big already? I've seen many talented people end up as burdens on society after being shoved out after decades of loyalty and hard work to a
- vote Gaming companies: what brought you to work for your company Curious if most workers in gaming are there out of passion specifically for their game, games in general or just kind of ended up there — let’s find out!
- Noisy office environment How do you tell noisy co-workers to shut up? What alternatives do you use to focus and concentrate on your work? Headphones and music don't work for me.
- Does meta offer stock options/RSU to non tech roles? Non tech roles including HR, Recruiting, vendor management etc. Do they only offer stock to technical roles? A friend just joined in the procurement department and says she regrets it as she has no work life balance. I’ve been hesitating to ask if her comp package just doesn’t make up for the sacrif
- Why tech centers always have a homeless problem I suspect this is what happens: Tech people come in with our higher salaries and buy up all the nice houses, driving up prices. The middle class, people with family incomes between 60k and 120k, initially benefit from the rising prices (they sell their homes for a nice profit) but eventually get f
- Confront my co-worker so I’ll feel better? Or, suck it up? Co-worker has a lot of say in whether I stay working for company. He gave a negative report on my skills to my boss behind my back.
- The end of neo-liberal capitalism So here goes... Pre WWII there was more or less unfettered capitalism. That was wildly unstable because of capital flowing in and out of countries and regions. Eventually ended in disaster with the great depression, communism, fascism, world war and so forth. FDR's crew came in at Bretton Woods and