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It would be really nice if some of these reporters at least clarified if among those rejected were US Citizens. In the kind of work Palantir is involved in it i
by xemdetia 10y ago
It would be really nice if some of these reporters at least clarified if among those rejected were US Citizens. In the kind of work Palantir is involved in it is quite possible that they are trying to staff a US Citizen only shop to meet government requirements. Just look at the ITAR regs for example and the 'nonpermanent resident' gets waved about quite a lot.
- djtriptych 10y agoI thought the same thing, having worked in defense. If these engineers need TS/SCI clearance that's gonna trump a lot of technical considerations. They'll deny someone for all kinds of reasons, and you really don't want to find this out after a hire. In DC being pre-cleared basically guarantees employment.
- Pfhreak 10y agoSurely, if the position requires the ability to get a clearance, and a person incapable of getting that clearance applies, they are not a 'qualified applicant'?
- codeonfire 10y agoIt doesn't even matter what Palantir's intentions are, the regulators argument doesn't pass the smell test. Under their standard 5 million foreign nationals could stuff the application box and US contractors would be forced to hire 95% of them, relocate them overseas, and grant them green cards simply because of their race. The government needs to decide what race ratio's they want so US businesses can pay to import those races.