[magduf]

>partly for the unspoken assumption behind many posts that FAANG-like companies are a good thing and a good working environment

Sorry for sidetracking, but are they not good working environments (note this is a separate question from whether they're a good thing)?

I've been planning to try to get a job at one of the FAANG companies, and have basically assumed it would be a good working environment based on the reputation, the perks offered, and my prior experience at another very large tech (but not exactly FAANG) company, which was that the working environment was generally very good there though I didn't really like how that particular company operated in the marketplace.

[ThrowawayR2]

> "Sorry for sidetracking, but are they not good working environments (note this is a separate question from whether they're a good thing)?"

Depends heavily on which team you join within a company. FAANGs are not monoliths; they are collections of business units cooperating (or sometimes not) with quite a bit of variation in culture and work-life balance.

[Lammy]

They have to offer perks because they will work you very hard. You will learn a lot, but you will almost certainly face a lot of stress too. For some people this isn't worth it.