[lotsofpulp]

People compare against peers, not the broad market. When AAPL/MSFT/AMZN have 10 year 25% to 28% annual returns, GOOG/META does not impress with 17% returns, especially for people who decided or are deciding which RSUs to work for (unless otherwise made up for with extra pay or quality of life at work). The 5 year numbers are probably more relevant and look way worse.

[sjwhevvvvvsj]

Exactly, and the culture premium of Google has evaporated so they can only compete on comp alone.

I quit and don’t regret it at all, everybody I talk to there basically just says they have zero inspiration and shuttle between pointless meetings and are only there for a big paycheck. In my view, that’s a pretty miserable existence - one needs passion to thrive.