In The Shadow Of Mt Hollywood

The video above is a post on a UK YouTube channel called Podcast of the Lotus Eaters entitled "Corporate America is Adult Day Care". They're responding to a particular woman's TikTok portrayal of her typical work day at Linkedin, which is a Silicon Valley-based social media company comparable to Twitter, Facebook, or Google. On one hand, I would caution that working conditions and benefits vary widely among US corporate, small business, and government employers, and I would say that even among tech companies, not all engage in such extravagant pampering of employees. On the other hand, the woman in the TikTok video makes it unintentionally plain that Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, Google, and comparable employers do compete for the type of pampered, entitled pseudo-workers that she represents. I frequently commuted to Silicon Valley in my working career, and there's no question that the sorts of benefits, as well as other perks and tchotchkes, that she celebrates...