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Facebook Employees Living in a Garage Hope Zuckerberg Will Learn What's Happening in His Own City (cnbc.com)
At the beginning of the year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg set a goal to visit every state in the U.S. so he could learn more about the millions of people who use the social network every day. But two of his employees tell The Guardian that they wonder when the billionaire is going to get to know his own community. From a report: The employees, a married couple named Nicole and Victor, are both contract workers in the cafeteria at Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif. headquarters. And they wish they, and the problems closer to home, could also get a share of Zuckerberg's attention. "He should learn what's happening in this city," Nicole tells The Guardian. The couple says they can barely make ends meet. Together with their three children, Nicole and Victor share a two-car garage adjacent to Victor's parents' home. They borrow money from friends and family to stay afloat and occasionally resort to payday loans. Although they earn too much to qualify for state benefits, they don't earn enough to afford Facebook's health care plan.
Well, there's the problem right there. They're being paid by the contracting company, not FB, so their real beef is with their actual employer. FB doesn't employ them, FB employs the contracting company. FB is using the cheapest bid for food service they could get.
So how are actual FB employees faring at the company?
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They're contractors who work for a cafeteria services staffing company.
Highly misleading title.
The headline and what can be gained is mostly a lie.
The two people are not employees of facebook they are employees of Flagship Facility Services and happen to be working for their company at facebook hq.
If that becomes a big, big problem, then we will let more immigrants in.
Due to future tech, there will be less jobs than before, an expanding population is its own problem.
There is more to this story here. Health insurance can't cost more that 10% of your income: Thanks Obama. So how can they not afford FB's own health plan?
They are staying in a garage adjacent to their parents house. I assume therefore this is in fact their parents garage. Mom and Dad can't give them a little break on the rent long enough for them to get some savings?
I mean seriously if my kid had nowhere else to go with his family, and was apparently this broke. I think I'd say "Shit son, I'll back the cars out and you can stay in the garage, rent free as long as you need; if you'll clean any bird crap off the paint when you come home from work each day."
I suspect there is more going here. Somebody has an insane pile of student loan or credit card debt would be my first two guesses. Spend every dime on some get rich stock scam that fell apart would be my third.
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> Plus, this so-called "larger share" is largely an illusion.
It's a mathematical reality. Your denial is a delusion.
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I make less than 100K and we're expecting our sixth kid (yes, we're planning on single handedly saving social security). We live in an area with a middle range cost of living and easily have everything we need. I can't conceive of how one child could break the bank in Atlanta even if they're getting everything they've ever wanted.
Take a quick look around that apartment (it's not a garage, maybe it once was, but it's one room apartment now) and note a few things. They have some pretty damn nice looking furniture. They have a projector. They have what appears to be a flat screen TV to the left. They have one of those "bladeless" fans that at least looks like a dyson. They have better shit than I did when I moved. They make $78K a year, which isn't rich, but I found numerous apartments for rent in Menlo Park for less that $2000 a month that are bigger than that "garage". Based on 78000 a year, without consideration for the 3 deductions they have, their after tax income in california would be $58000. That leaves 2800 a month after rent if they're paying that much. Not a ton, but I lived on less than that with my family in california. I didn't own a big TV or a projector. We ate mac n cheese a lot. And I found a way to save up enough to move to a better job and place for us all.
Sounds more likely to me that they have managed their income poorly.
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I treat "the help" better than I treat myself. I do my best to treat everyone better, honestly. It pays off too. The kid taking your dinner order today may not be tomorrow. If you make an impression on people, good or bad, they'll tend to remember you.
Not to mention, it feels pretty darned good to bump into someone you met in a "lowly" position, only to find they've thrived and reached their goals. Every job is worthwhile, otherwise you wouldn't be paid to do it. People who take those entry level jobs seriously tend to also take their careers seriously, and they usually end up doing very well for themselves.
The parents are even letting the kids stay in the main house. Do you really think they are going to give a large TV and bladeless fan to them?
I assume you meant "aren't even letting". And yes, that's exactly what I expect. That's the usual pattern with families like that. The fan doesn't work very well—give it to the kids. Replaced the bedroom TV—give the old one to the kids. Happens all the time.