‘Trust me, you don’t get paid for work-life balance’: Google engineer’s viral tweet sparks mixed reactions

A software engineer working at Google, a FAANG company — the acronym referring to Facebook (now Meta), Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google (now under Alphabet) — has triggered widespread discussion after posting about her experience dealing with a production issue on a Sunday.

In her post on X, the engineer said that she spent four hours on a production issue on Sunday. Being on call in a FAANG company is much tougher than startups, and the impact is bigger, she said. “Trust me, you don’t get paid for your work-life balance.”