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Coworker calling in sick
I have a coworker who is always calling in sick to avoid coming into the office. They somehow only get sick on the days we have team meetings in the office or when we are required to be in person. After a few times this happened, it is really hard to believe he is actually sick. He is never sick on remote days, only the days that actually require showing up. It is annoying because the rest of us plan around these in-office days. I want to ask him if he is really sick but I know it's not my business.
Amazon layoff spree
Amazon layoff spree 2022 - 2023 - 27000 Oct 2024 - 14000 Oct 2025 - 14000 Jan 2026 - 16000 How is the company still operating ? Are they also backfilling all these roles ? #amazon #layoff #tech
I can’t rage quit but I can’t keep doing this either
I am completely burned out. 90% of my stress comes from work and my manager and every day my brain is screaming quit while my bank account and health insurance hold me hostage. Late 30s, one kid, wife works but I can’t just rage quit but my mental and physical health is clearly wearing thin. I keep seeing that quitting in this job market is risky but at some point staying employed just to look employable feels stupid. Is it not? Is it really that much harder to get a job when you are not employed?
Meta vs Microsoft offer evaluation | Offer Evaluation - Blind
Meta vs Microsoft offer evaluation Please help me decide, Meta staff engineer vs Microsoft sr engineer in Azure. Meta obviously pays more but job stability is very important to me (and I know E6 expectations are high) as I hate interviewing so Microsoft seems safer? But who knows nowadays. Kind of wish Meta had offered me E5 instead.. Both will be 3 days in office, and both seem to have comparable benefits. #Offer Evaluation #offers Select only one answer ...View Result
Damn meta is high bar..
Thats not a high bar. Thats a memorization test. If you had practiced those two problems before the interview you would pass. Even your genius algorithms professor cant solve those if they have never practiced such problems. Lol Still a high bar no? Sure need to recognize the pattern and all that but itโs stressful lol Thats not a bar at all. A test for how much you can grind LC while ignoring your family and current job.. and how lucky you are.
Netflix Engineering is overrated
Why is Netflix engineering team so highly praised? They haven’t diversified their revenue streams outside of streaming movies and tv which is a solved problem for at least 10 years. All their new in-house movie and tv shows are teen bait DEI slop. They lost the battle against Apple for high quality shows and movies. They flopped at live sports and now Amazon is the industry leader for sport streaming. They aren’t innovating on AI or hardware like other top tier tech companies.
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