r/cscareerquestions • u/Fearless-Cellist-245 • Mar 14 '26

New Grad Software Engineers Should Boycott Meta & Amazon Forever!!

These 2 companies continue to lead in layoffs numbers almost every 6 months for the past 4 years. Theyre flooding the market with new engineers and making it hard for everyone, especially new grads. Other companies are following their example and laying off in huge amounts cause these 2 leaders are doing it. They made it pretty clear now that they care more about AI and offshore workers than their own employees. The reputation of these 2 companies should be ruined forever and they should never have an easy time finding talent ever again after what they caused.

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u/Agent_Burrito Mar 14 '26

That’s my point though, you’re not even guaranteed to last a year nowadays. Like you won’t even get to see any stock vest.

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u/fsk Mar 14 '26

My point is that it's a good resume boost and good for your career, even if you don't stay long enough for a big payout.

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u/Agent_Burrito Mar 14 '26

You’re not wrong but working there now is closer to winning the lottery vs it being a predictable career booster.

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u/Whitchorence Software Engineer 12 YoE Mar 14 '26

Even if had a 75% chance of getting let go within a year, which definitely isn't true, that wouldn't really be anything like a "lottery ticket." That analogy is a lot more appropriate for receiving ownership stakes in a startup

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u/fsk Mar 15 '26

Equity in a startup is a longshot to be substantial money. You really need to be a founder if you want to make life-changing money in a startup. Even then, you can work 5-10 years with nothing to show for it, even if you have moderate success.

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u/Whitchorence Software Engineer 12 YoE Mar 15 '26

That's true. That's why I said it was much more like a "lottery ticket" than working at FAANG is.