[whateveracct]

7 years at a toxic workplace is tough

[somewhatgoated]

I’d rather be poor

[voidfunc]

Id rather not.

Ive never known poverty in my life and I will do _anything_ to avoid it.

[kelnos]

Fortunately there are many other options than "work at Meta" or "be poor".

[shimman]

I'm sorry but if you can work at Meta you can work at any other company in the US. You're clearly making a choice. Lets not forget "I'm just following orders" wasn't a valid excuse.

[whateveracct]

there's a middle ground

i make good money but not FAANG. like quarter million a year + equity that is sometimes liquid for more.

i do it remote and for a company that isn't so brutally antagonistic as meta. remote also means i don't commute, don't get trapped in an office for 40+ hrs/week, and can spend more time during the workday on my personal life than work itself.

so i make less money in an absolute sense, but i am not in any pain or being surveilled or being bullied to work hard.

and honestly i make more money per hour worked than a meta employee. so lower salary, higher effective hourly wage.