I work on growth and marketing, and have to deal with perf marketing a lot. It is in these situations that I have to sometimes interface with people from FAANG or other larger companies. Because our org has major spends, we often have Account Managers/others from these companies as interface.
This experience is consistent across Microsoft, Google, Meta, etc. Firstly, they absolutely do not give two shits about your business. They will pretend to care about your business goals and even pretend that they understand what a startup needs. But they just dont. These are the most CHECKED OUT people I have ever met in my life
They meet with you like it's a check list.
They absolutely do not care about startups. As platforms or as people. They don't give two fucks whether their work has any impact. It's just pretense - and hitting whatever basic targets they have.
They do not care about anything related to work apart from 12 pm to 5 pm (their work timings)
They are a plague, slowing down society, lacking any spark to ever do any real work in this world.
I missed writing my real problem. Across many years, I have noticed that these platforms and people have become a necessary evil for all startups. But they end up slowing us down, costing our progress.
I wish it was different, but it wont be. SO we live with it. Is how it is
Agreed. FAANG itself controls most of the online advertising market (more than 70-80%). I've been in advertising and marketing too for the past decade and have interacted with faang reps.
Their employees are mostly entitled assholes that literally don't care whether your business runs or not. The most brain-dead lot you'll ever find, which is ironic. They find the most talented people to hire and then turn them into zombies that don't question anything at all.
I wish all big tech companies were humbled a bit, either by people or govts or both.
Phew sorry my blood pressure was genuinely high no offence to anybody
Don't just FAANG, why would anyone give a shit about company's goal?? Did anyone care when they lay off so many people? Do anyone care when people are not given appraisal according to their performance? Do anyone care why IT guys have to keep themselves up to date with market needs and still HRs want to hire who can join instantly and single digit hike even after 6 rounds of interview? Do anyone care when someone get really sick or need leave and there needs are just denied
Go in your company and give this gyan to your slaves... because they will listen and will not say anything (like all of us will do in office)
What are you trying to work with them on? Support for your Ad account, or any technical support for your integrations?
What are the biggest disadvantages of working in FAANG acc to you?
According to me:
Why: I know that with all the job layoffs happening, it's kinda stupid to quit but I just can't. After almost a decade in the startup scene I'm taking a break, probably for good.
From AI to B2C to ed-tech and more I have worked with ...
Disclaimer this is not a rant or this has nothing to put in bad way someones hard work.
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