Ask yourself this, if you have a 5 year old kid then in which company would you want him/her to work when he/she grows up ? Google or In and Out Burger ?
The scores are averaged which any statistician will know means that in a place like In And Out where most jobs are making $10-$20/hr. Maybe there are accountants at In-N-Out, but I doubt their opinion even moves the needle here.
You could say the same about the content flaggers or whatever. The majority opinion from FAANG companies is going to be engineers.
And side note: I think anyone who spends their time helping catch child predators is someone to be respected...
How does Google/Fb treat their grunts (developers I assume) and how does a burger restaurant treat their cashiers/cooks? It's sad if a cashier/linecook feels like they get more respect from their managers than a developer from their own managers.
Sure, but knowing the psychological fallout, not really something to want for your own kid.
The comment I was responding to was proposing a hypothetical dilemma, between guaranteeing your kid would work at Google or would work at In-N-Out. My point was twofold: one, that the idea that all jobs at FAANG companies are great is wrong (and, no, the majority of workers at FAANG companies are not engineers, who comprise a minority of employees); and two, the worst jobs at FAANG companies are worse than the worst jobs at In-N-Out. Yes, catching child predators is critical, but reviewing user-supplied content for child pornography, extreme graphic violence, etc. as part of your day job is incredibly psychologically traumatic. It's also likely that the contractors who do so receive worse compensation and benefits than the average In-N-Out worker, who does get paid relatively well and also gets health benefits.
There are more Apple retail employees than engineers. I'd guess Amazon has a similar story, but I haven't checked the numbers for that.
It's sort of like if you said "Would you rather be born in the USA or India?" Sure it depends whether you end up the child of the richest guy in India or a baby immediately human-trafficked in the USA but the probabilities line up in precisely one direction.
Not all or even a majority of contractors, to be clear, lead a bad existence. But a lot of mythmaking happens with FAANG companies, and they really want you to think of them as relying only on sexy jobs, all the while sweeping the more mundane and crappy ones under the rug.