[throwawayamzn1]

I guess this is a COVID-time work confessions thread.. Under 35 here and yeah, it’s real.

Working at a FAANG. It’s nuts.

It’s almost like if you have a family the deck is stacked against you. My manager low key told me to come to work in our office (which is now open) so my kids don’t distract me working from home. (And don’t tell me to go to HR, we all know how that’s going to end up..)

The other senior engineers who try to be human by asking “how’s everyone really doing” it’s more cute than anything.

It hasn’t gotten any easier folks!

The only way I’ve found to survive here as a young parent is to just give up sleep. We’ve got some young kiddos at home.. no idea how folks do this, and no surprise at all folks are burning out and it seems like less and less people are having kids any more.

If you’re going through it, hope it gets better for you!

[disgruntledphd2]

Move to a different team/company. Assuming you can get a job at Amazon, you can get a job at any other FAANG. FB and Google tend to be less mental with respect to work-life balance, which should allow you to spend more time with your family.

Alternatively, stick it out for a year, save as much as possible and then take some time off (although I hear Google is a really great place to retire).