<story><title>12,000 Facebook employees, 15% of its workforce, may lose jobs amid quiet layoff</title><url>https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/12000-facebook-employees-15-of-its-workforce-may-lose-jobs-amid-quiet-layoffs-report/articleshow/94676235.cms</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bradlys</author><text>It’s weird to me how many folks attest to “being at FAANG means you’re lazy.” The people I know who joined FAANG in the last five years are some of the hardest working people you’ll meet. There are some who get lucky and manage to coast but overall - the quality and tenacity of the IC folks is generally quite high.&lt;p&gt;I don’t think many of these people will have trouble finding a job. After all - they most likely grinded the fuck out of leetcode and system design to get in. That type of persona to do hundreds of problems doesn’t easily waver in the face of minor adversity.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>PragmaticPulp</author><text>&amp;gt; It’s weird to me how many folks attest to “being at FAANG means you’re lazy.”&lt;p&gt;I’ve participated in some mentorship programs for college grads. There are a lot of students who think that the FAANG career path is basically “Study LeetCode for a few months, get FAANG job, then rest and vest”.&lt;p&gt;Of those who make it into FAANG, it’s common for them to be surprised by how demanding and competitive their jobs are. I’m not sure where people are getting the idea that the highest paid jobs in our industry also happen to be some of the easiest, but it doesn’t even make logical sense.&lt;p&gt;I suspect a lot of it stems from sour grapes: People inherently get jealous of high earners in prestigious jobs, and tend to reach for excuses to bring them down a notch.</text></comment>
<story><title>12,000 Facebook employees, 15% of its workforce, may lose jobs amid quiet layoff</title><url>https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/12000-facebook-employees-15-of-its-workforce-may-lose-jobs-amid-quiet-layoffs-report/articleshow/94676235.cms</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bradlys</author><text>It’s weird to me how many folks attest to “being at FAANG means you’re lazy.” The people I know who joined FAANG in the last five years are some of the hardest working people you’ll meet. There are some who get lucky and manage to coast but overall - the quality and tenacity of the IC folks is generally quite high.&lt;p&gt;I don’t think many of these people will have trouble finding a job. After all - they most likely grinded the fuck out of leetcode and system design to get in. That type of persona to do hundreds of problems doesn’t easily waver in the face of minor adversity.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>codekansas</author><text>My impression is that most people who start at a FAANG company are pretty hard-working but over time become less so, as they realize that it doesn&amp;#x27;t make much of a difference how hard they work and as they get too comfortable with the various benefits that working at a large company provides. Personally that&amp;#x27;s what I find kind of depressing, seeing highly-motivated people having their potential sapped by working on contrived pillars instead of using their talents to make cool and useful stuff.</text></comment>