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by oofbey 2016 days ago
I think FB's greatest achievements is convincing their employees that their jobs are actually good for society, or at least neutral. Plenty of good people working there who seem honestly confused about how their jobs lead to so corruption and downfall of our society.
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Upton Sinclair got this right almost 100 years ago- “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his [RSUs depend] on his not understanding it.”

Of course, I also work at a FAANG, so people in glass houses and all that...

Their culture of continuous (and I do mean continuous) performance review ensures they're always focused on not losing their jobs. If you know someone who works there, ask 'em.