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Re:Leaving Google by gregorygoc on Saturday October 23, 2021 @07:28AM (#28967444)
> This is not only baseless but also flies in the face of reality, as other tech companies, including other FAANGs, barely offer any stock and still manage to attract top talent.

Which one?

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Re:Leaving Google by jw_mc on Saturday October 23, 2021 @07:50AM (#28967558)
Netflix is known for having all-cash offers.
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Re:Leaving Google by saagarjha on Saturday October 23, 2021 @08:29AM (#28967785)
Netflix is pretty much the only FAANG that does that. Every other large tech company has generous stock grants, and as you pass a couple years of experience your stock will generally be larger than your cash compensation.
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Re:Leaving Google by Sebb767 on Saturday October 23, 2021 @09:24AM (#28968155)
> Netflix is pretty much the only FAANG that does that.

Netflix is also 20% of FAANG companies, so that's not as lonely as it sounds.

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Re:Leaving Google by lotsofpulp on Saturday October 23, 2021 @09:39AM (#28968309)
In the context of this discussion, it is more useful for FAANG to mean any tech company or tech adjacent company employing a lot of software engineers with comparatively high pay, in the form of cash or cash + stock.
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Re:Leaving Google by saagarjha on Saturday October 23, 2021 @09:27AM (#28968182)
Right, but they're a strange company that just happens to be in FAANG. Pretty much every other large company, in the FAANG acronym or not, will give you equity.
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Re:Leaving Google by MrPatan on Saturday October 23, 2021 @03:04PM (#28971284)
Netflix is in FAANG only to make the acronym nicer
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