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Why such arrogance? Just set up a filter or simply click report spam if this message really annoys you. You don’t like Facebook, you have your reasons. Thousan

Why such arrogance? Just set up a filter or simply click report spam if this message really annoys you. You don’t like Facebook, you have your reasons. Thousands of Facebook employees and millions of people worldwide disagree with you. Maybe you are right, maybe you are wrong. So why be so hostile towards people who work for the company? Shame on you for your rudeness towards a human being who did nothing wrong.

supercanuck 8y ago
Meanwhile... https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190216/10394141613/facebook-ups-surveillance-users-to-keep-tabs-people-who-dont-like-facebook.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190216/10394141613/faceb...
- lightgreen 8y ago
  Looks like tabloid journalism to me. FUD, speculations, broad interpretations given as facts etc. Just this unsubstantiated phrase “this effort by Facebook is going to result in more dead suicidal people than simply doing nothing” is enough to ban that website forever.
jamhan 8y ago
How were they rude? His FIRST line was "Hi REDACTED. I know you’re just doing your job." They weren't arrogant or hostile to the person who emailed them. He has a strong opinions on Facebook, as do, I'm sure, millions of other people, and rightly so, given what they have been shown to be doing for several years. I think the arrogance lies entirely on your side.
- lightgreen 8y ago
  > How were they rude? Suppose you don’t like cars. And your neighbor car owner came to you and invited you to have a cup of tee. Polite person responds with thank you maybe another time. Rude person would say that your car is ugly, I hate cars, and I know you are just a car owner because you need to bring your kids to school, but all cars must be destroyed especially yours, we need to save the planet, cars destroy communities. People can write blog posts with criticism of cars. But they don’t attack car owners personally. People can write blog posts criticizing Facebook. But they should not direct their anger to employees.
  - jamhan 8y ago
    > People can write blog posts criticizing Facebook. But they should not direct their anger to employees. Please quote the part of the post where he directs his anger DIRECTLY at employees?
    - bitpush 8y ago
      The title of the article is "An Open Letter to the FB recruiter" and not "An Open Letter to FB"
- tracer4201 8y ago
  It’s a pretty useless article. The author is seeking attention. I’m not a fan of Facebook and don’t use the platform.
joezydeco 8y ago
I think the author's point is that Facebook has become such a hollow, corrupted shell that they're not even aware (or even care) that they're recruiting the same people over and over while they continually reply no. It's an open letter stating the author's point more than trying to communicate with a recruiting department.
JaimeThompson 8y ago
Isn't it rude to keep contacting people who aren't interested? Why do you appear to be ignoring the arrogance on the recruiters part?
- lightgreen 8y ago
  If the addressee replied "please don't write to me ever again", then writing again is rude. But I guess TS did not do that: there's no indication that he did, and even this "open letter" doesn't contain an explicit ask to stop mailing in the future. It's more likely that he replied with standard "thank you, I'm not interested in joining your company now" or quietly ignored the message. I personally find repeated messages from recruiters useful. Maybe I'm not interested in switching jobs now, but things may change in 3 months. Maybe a new position is opened. Maybe the salary range or compensation scheme is changed. Maybe I need more money because I got kids. Maybe I'm so desperate to find employment because of my visa status. Maybe I change my mind about the company. Maybe the company changes (like Microsoft changed in the last 5 years).

supercanuck 8y ago

Meanwhile... https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190216/10394141613/facebook-ups-surveillance-users-to-keep-tabs-people-who-dont-like-facebook.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190216/10394141613/faceb...

lightgreen 8y ago
Looks like tabloid journalism to me. FUD, speculations, broad interpretations given as facts etc. Just this unsubstantiated phrase “this effort by Facebook is going to result in more dead suicidal people than simply doing nothing” is enough to ban that website forever.

jamhan 8y ago

How were they rude? His FIRST line was "Hi REDACTED. I know you’re just doing your job." They weren't arrogant or hostile to the person who emailed them. He has a strong opinions on Facebook, as do, I'm sure, millions of other people, and rightly so, given what they have been shown to be doing for several years. I think the arrogance lies entirely on your side.

lightgreen 8y ago
> How were they rude? Suppose you don’t like cars. And your neighbor car owner came to you and invited you to have a cup of tee. Polite person responds with thank you maybe another time. Rude person would say that your car is ugly, I hate cars, and I know you are just a car owner because you need to bring your kids to school, but all cars must be destroyed especially yours, we need to save the planet, cars destroy communities. People can write blog posts with criticism of cars. But they don’t attack car owners personally. People can write blog posts criticizing Facebook. But they should not direct their anger to employees.
- jamhan 8y ago
  > People can write blog posts criticizing Facebook. But they should not direct their anger to employees. Please quote the part of the post where he directs his anger DIRECTLY at employees?
  - bitpush 8y ago
    The title of the article is "An Open Letter to the FB recruiter" and not "An Open Letter to FB"
tracer4201 8y ago
It’s a pretty useless article. The author is seeking attention. I’m not a fan of Facebook and don’t use the platform.

joezydeco 8y ago

I think the author's point is that Facebook has become such a hollow, corrupted shell that they're not even aware (or even care) that they're recruiting the same people over and over while they continually reply no. It's an open letter stating the author's point more than trying to communicate with a recruiting department.

JaimeThompson 8y ago

Isn't it rude to keep contacting people who aren't interested? Why do you appear to be ignoring the arrogance on the recruiters part?

lightgreen 8y ago
If the addressee replied "please don't write to me ever again", then writing again is rude. But I guess TS did not do that: there's no indication that he did, and even this "open letter" doesn't contain an explicit ask to stop mailing in the future. It's more likely that he replied with standard "thank you, I'm not interested in joining your company now" or quietly ignored the message. I personally find repeated messages from recruiters useful. Maybe I'm not interested in switching jobs now, but things may change in 3 months. Maybe a new position is opened. Maybe the salary range or compensation scheme is changed. Maybe I need more money because I got kids. Maybe I'm so desperate to find employment because of my visa status. Maybe I change my mind about the company. Maybe the company changes (like Microsoft changed in the last 5 years).