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		namdnay on July 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A brief history of nobody wants to work anymore > In France, you retire with a small flat at 70 while working at a FAANG? hardly. sure, you'll be paid 150kE instead of 300k$, but it's still more than enough to be in the top 5% of the country

badpun on July 20, 2022 [–]

I'm guessing there's way less positions at FAANGs in France per million people than there are in the US. Hence, it makes them more elite and not a fair comparison.

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