[010a]

I've turned down actual offers because even some medium-sized companies won't tell you which team you'll be working on when the offer is extended.

I get that things can be fluid, but its such a meat machine.

[edgan]

That is when you know they just see you as another cog.

[quantumf]

These perspectives are very negative. An alternative view is that there are tons of interesting problems and projects and applications to be worked on, and to some degree at least you get a say in which ones you work on.