So long to tech’s dream job
Gone are the days of perk utopias and say-anything, do-anything cultures.
From The Times
August 6, 2025

Fat salaries, free gyms, $1,000 cash Christmas bonuses, say-anything cultures: Google, Apple, Meta and Netflix used to be the dream places to work in tech.

An illustration shows workers caught in a hamster wheel.

Petra Péterffy

But now, life in Silicon Valley looks very different. →

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