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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by fortran77 on Friday August 14, 2020 @05:03PM (#24163242)
> working trades or other simple jobs because it keeps their stress levels down.

Yes! People take "simple jobs" like hauling trash or cleaning sewers or welding pipes because it's stress free! Unlike those high-stress jobs at Facebook where you take the free party bus to the office, get free food, drink, gym, yoga, and massages, and even have internal message boards where you're encouraged to post about how horrible you're being treated. So stressful! I bet all of those 10xers at the FAANGS wish they could be maintenance workers.

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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by JMTQp8lwXL on Friday August 14, 2020 @05:15PM (#24163373)
I work for a tech company and I get no free food, no free drinks, we have gym membership partnership that basically is the retail cost of any generic gym membership (so it offers no real benefit), no free yoga, and no free massages.
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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by 908B64B197 on Friday August 14, 2020 @05:30PM (#24163536)
Time to interview somewhere else!
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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by jacquesm on Friday August 14, 2020 @07:21PM (#24164420)
No, more like a psychologist that decided to work metal for an antique car restorer, a history teacher that went to work in a store and many more examples like that.
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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by asldkjaslkdj on Friday August 14, 2020 @05:40PM (#24163622)
You're cherry picking examples to suit your narrative.

For every person working at a FAANG you can probably find 1,000 working in a place with the same shitty working conditions most people are subjected to.

As a counter example cops can make $200k a year doing detail work (standing around) and retire with a pension after 20 years. There are similar situations (with lesser pay) for a lot of city and state level civil service.

There are shit jobs that will wear you down in every field. They're the jobs most people are working.

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