You have it backwards. The call center employee doesn't have a savings, misses rent, gets evicted and their kids taken away. The FAANG employee has a fat fucking savings account, and can live comfortably for at least 6 months while casually looking for another job.

Well, if you’re caught stealing from your employer good luck finding another job, and keeping those savings from the lawsuits coming down on you.

Many tech companies completely fail to do any kind of background check. It's easier to become an administrator at Reddit then it is to become a gas station clerk.

This would be a great anecdote if companies handling sensitive data weren't using contractors that get paid about as much as those call center workers...

At which point malice isn't even required to start losing private info to breaches