Is it true that Bay Area FAANG employees wear their badges as a status symbol, on the weekend? Screenshot from Reddit.
I’ve done this before. Had to go to the office to pick up my hardware bag that I accidentally left. No one can recognize a Google badge though, except other Googlers. So I don’t see how it’s a status symbol.
Who said it’s a status symbol anyways ?
It technically is but stupid to show off with it
A company shirt or sweater is just the same as wearing your badge, which I see a lot of people do down here on sunnyvale
No, it is not. A badge has zero functional purpose except to enter a building. At least a shirt or sweater can be comfortable.
How is that same as wearing badge around on weekend 😂
I remove my badge in the elevator down when I leave the building every day lol. So cringe to have the badge out in public.
Cringe *and* a security issue. I don’t want to look like a loser *or* a target.
If you throw a stone in Bay Area, it will hit a faang employee. What target? What prestige?
I work for a shit company so it's definitely not for prestige, but I sometimes would have my (nameless, logoless) badge on the weekend. Why? It is clipped on to my jeans and I'm too lazy to take it off, except when the jeans are going to the washer. Didn't know people would care. Now that I know people would judge and get offended, I might need to change my routine.
How's woven doing?
I'd have to kindly disagree as an outsider, I have huge respect for Toyota, but maybe woven hasn't adopted Toyotas culture
None of these badges have the company name on it though
“Fremont not Mountain View”😂😂😂
might explain it. They want to make sure people know WHICH faang they work for
I think they are specifying a demographic that is well represented in Fremont
How do you know they didn't just forget to take it off? I am a consultant and often get lots of different customer badges. I usually just forget I'm wearing them.
I hope they change clothes worn on Friday at least 😆
But they could be working on the weekend. I don't work weekends at the office but they might be.
Probably forgot them attached to their jean
The one pair they own
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Please don’t include the rest of us with you!
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