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by blablabla123 2965 days ago
True, I mean at least since a year or so. I think last year articles about studies showing Facebook having an adverse effect on happyness arrived in the mainstream, i.e. Google News.

But anyways, the more I think about Facebook, the more question it raises. What I was wondering recently: how do they acutally pay the low-income personell, like guards or janitors? If you imagine that even people earning a 6 digit salary have a tough time finding an apartment and commuting to work - both subject to protests by locals - how do these people live?

I was thinking about that as I read a post on HN about exactly that problem at Yelp. The article was deleted though. Here's the reference: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16844410 This makes me think there is something deeply wrong in the whole Startup bubble.

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> how do they acutally pay the low-income personell, like guards or janitors?

They are most likely contractors. And they probably live far enough where they can afford living. But that means longer commute.