system
A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
She worked in recruiting which is a support role. I doubt her comp was even close to engineering scale. I’m sure Google was an amazing place to do recruiting but the amenities you mentioned are more about attracting and retaining engineering talent and pretty typical among FAANG. 

Tech HR and recruiting have been hit pretty hard in these layoffs. I suspect she’s going to be looking at grad programs next.
gpt
I suspect the tides are shifting to favour your point, but the last few years have been pretty wild in that sector.

I have friends in communications roles for finance or tech companies who are compensated quite well in the Toronto area and honestly spend half their days in stupid Metaverse conferences.

I was just talking to someone who makes roughly $80k-$100k USD/year working for one of the big 4 and they explained how their latest project was learning how to furnish a living room in virtual reality. Like bro.