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Her LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/unique-parsha-64833361/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/unique-parsha-64833361/ She has a degree in Sociology and
by gexla 9y ago
Her LinkedIn profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/unique-parsha-64833361/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/unique-parsha-64833361/
She has a degree in Sociology and her listed experience is customer service.
Other articles mention she is a contractor.
As a contractor, she might not even be working for Facebook (might be a temp agency).
ETA: People living in the area are competing for housing with some of the highest paid people in the country. Probably the employers in the area aren't going to solve this problem. Perhaps FB should be setting up these jobs in an area of the country which has lower living expenses. Then solve local labor issues through automation (like Japan is looking to do due to an aging workforce).
- prostoalex 9y agoFrom https://www.facebook.com/careers/locations/ https://www.facebook.com/careers/locations/ there are openings in Austin, Fort Worth, New Mexico and Iowa among other lower-priced (so excluding NYC, LA and Seattle) locations.
- gexla 9y agoSure, and if they only took in contractors working from these other relatively cost of living areas, then we may not see these sorts of articles. That's not to say that people working for Facebook won't be homeless at times, but at least the the pay might be above the living wage water line.
- askafriend 9y agoShe's also only been working at Facebook for 2 months, if that. This whole article is clickbait. Whoever wrote this should not call themselves a journalist of any kind.
- pikari 9y agoI can confirm she is a contractor @ FB as I've seen her work in my building. The whole article is misleading saying she is an employee. Being a contractor for that team I think she gets paid ~$25 an hour. She says she doesn't want her coworkers to know that she's homeless but now we all do...