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The leader of this small group of "unrest" folks, Cher Scarlett, apparently got hired in April and has worked for 8 other tech companies, according to this stor

by Bud 5y ago

The leader of this small group of "unrest" folks, Cher Scarlett, apparently got hired in April and has worked for 8 other tech companies, according to this story. Color me unimpressed. She starts agitating after a few months of working entirely from home at a highly-paid gig? Did she even have time to get a clue about whether Apple's doing bad things or not? Or does she just kinda flit around from gig to gig looking for ways to cause trouble? I'm guessing less of the former, and more of the latter.

slenk 5y ago
She got hired in April of 2020. Because someone has had jobs at 8 tech companies that makes them a bad employee? The only way I have ever gotten a meaningful raise is by changing companies; it feels like the norm to be at a company for a lot less now-a-days. Personally, I was loyal to a company for 10 years and as soon as I left and my experience vanished off their record, I was approached for the price my new company was giving me. Screw that noise.
NonEUCitizen 5y ago
"has worked for 8 other tech companies" is normal in Silicon Valley.
lukewarm_pocket 5y ago
Yeah, Cher is an interesting character. Feels like she found a passion in being a corporate activist and it's very interesting to see how her story will play out.
- ytdytvhxgydvhh 5y ago
  I have a feeling 0 more tech companies will hire her now that a quick Google of her name will attach her to this sort of activism. Even if you agree with some of her points regarding Apple, do you really want her coming into your company and looking for a story to tell?
  - lukewarm_pocket 5y ago
    I personally don't like her, but it's besides the point. There isn't much that I can do. Am I going to anonymously dm her and talk shit?
  - cmsj 5y ago
    It's interesting that the take there is "don't hire people who will expose your corporate shortcomings" instead of "fix your corporate shortcomings".
    - ytdytvhxgydvhh 5y ago
      Not a very idealistic stance sure, but a pragmatic one. I think lots of people who run businesses know that their business isn’t perfect. But at the end of the day the company sells things and employs people. An idealistic activist attracting negative attention, making it harder for the company to sell things and employ people — well, that’s bad business.
dls2016 5y ago
> I'm guessing less of the former, and more of the latter. Nice guess, but what's the problem with rabble-rousing? People fight actual violent battles with their employers, perhaps not so much in this country anymore. But that doesn't mean all the work to improve labor is finished. Apple and Google were fined for fixing wages only seven years ago (perhaps an eon in SV time, I wouldn't know). I'm sure I could walk into any multinational corporation and find a distasteful practice worth fixing, to pretend otherwise is the height of naivety.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago
  > what's the problem with rabble-rousing? Nothing. Taking a job with the intent to rouse rabbles, on the other hand, is dishonest.
nfRfqX5n 5y ago
Twitters algo has surfaced some of her stuff on my feed before, much of the same as seen here

by Bud 5y ago

slenk 5y ago

She got hired in April of 2020. Because someone has had jobs at 8 tech companies that makes them a bad employee? The only way I have ever gotten a meaningful raise is by changing companies; it feels like the norm to be at a company for a lot less now-a-days. Personally, I was loyal to a company for 10 years and as soon as I left and my experience vanished off their record, I was approached for the price my new company was giving me. Screw that noise.

NonEUCitizen 5y ago

"has worked for 8 other tech companies" is normal in Silicon Valley.

lukewarm_pocket 5y ago

Yeah, Cher is an interesting character. Feels like she found a passion in being a corporate activist and it's very interesting to see how her story will play out.

ytdytvhxgydvhh 5y ago
I have a feeling 0 more tech companies will hire her now that a quick Google of her name will attach her to this sort of activism. Even if you agree with some of her points regarding Apple, do you really want her coming into your company and looking for a story to tell?
- lukewarm_pocket 5y ago
  I personally don't like her, but it's besides the point. There isn't much that I can do. Am I going to anonymously dm her and talk shit?
- cmsj 5y ago
  It's interesting that the take there is "don't hire people who will expose your corporate shortcomings" instead of "fix your corporate shortcomings".
  - ytdytvhxgydvhh 5y ago
    Not a very idealistic stance sure, but a pragmatic one. I think lots of people who run businesses know that their business isn’t perfect. But at the end of the day the company sells things and employs people. An idealistic activist attracting negative attention, making it harder for the company to sell things and employ people — well, that’s bad business.

dls2016 5y ago

> I'm guessing less of the former, and more of the latter. Nice guess, but what's the problem with rabble-rousing? People fight actual violent battles with their employers, perhaps not so much in this country anymore. But that doesn't mean all the work to improve labor is finished. Apple and Google were fined for fixing wages only seven years ago (perhaps an eon in SV time, I wouldn't know). I'm sure I could walk into any multinational corporation and find a distasteful practice worth fixing, to pretend otherwise is the height of naivety.

JumpCrisscross 5y ago
> what's the problem with rabble-rousing? Nothing. Taking a job with the intent to rouse rabbles, on the other hand, is dishonest.

nfRfqX5n 5y ago

Twitters algo has surfaced some of her stuff on my feed before, much of the same as seen here