Blind TL;DR: We Predict Meta’s Downfall (March 6, 2026)

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Which FAANG Company Will Be Obsolete in Five Years?

The first quarter of 2026 has proven that there are new tech giants in the making. With new front runners, which companies will fall to the wayside?

According to this poll on Blind, 40% of people think Meta will be on its way out, followed by 24% suspecting it will be Netflix. One user shared their perspective, saying Meta “chases the shiny stuff” and Netflix is risky “due to most revenue concentration in just movie streaming.”

Would You Rather: Work Remote or In-Person for a 200k Pay Raise?

Remote work sent many professionals to cities with a lower cost of living. However, now that RTO is on the rise, companies are expecting their employees to relocate to bigger cities where the cost of living is much higher.

This user shared their current TC of 400k and the dilemma they are facing: do they take the new job, and a 200k pay raise, and move to the Bay area?

When It’s Appropriate To Set Boundaries With Your Manager – Parental Leave Edition

Why do we let our managers run our lives? Whether in- or out-of-office, we seem to respond to our manager’s texts like people’s lives depend on it. If being out of office doesn’t stop them from contacting you, it’s time to set your own boundaries.

Being on any type of leave, in this case parental, is a situation in which we should normalize screening your manager. In fact, deleting all work-related apps off your phone during those weeks should be encouraged. 

Most Who Leave Meta for a Different Company Don’t Regret It

It’s no secret that, with a 3.1/5 work-life balance score and a 3.3/5 culture score, Meta isn’t the top-rated place to work for professionals. Nearly 60% of ex-Meta employees said they had no regrets leaving the company for a new role elsewhere.

Top Paying Companies To Work For According to Blind

According to users on Blind, the top paying companies to work for are Anthropic, NVIDIA, and OpenAI. Throw in Meta, Databricks, and Google as well.

Lucky for everyone, we pulled the top paying companies of 2025, with their median pay as collected from professionals on Blind. Those companies are Netflix ($440,000), OpenAI ($325,000), Databricks ($300,000), and Waymo ($341,000).

Read last week’s Blind TL;DR for more on the Anthropic interview process, FAANG brain drain, and coworker relationships.