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The argument being made isn't that people will stop using Facebook. It's that Facebook won't be able to hire the talent it needs. That's a longer, but more dama
by Ozzie_osman 5y ago
The argument being made isn't that people will stop using Facebook. It's that Facebook won't be able to hire the talent it needs. That's a longer, but more damaging feedback loop, assuming you believe it (the counter argument is they will be able to pay people enough to hire them anyway).
- adwww 5y agoYeah I dunno, I'd happily take an existing Facebook US salary if all the good engineers stopped working there.
- pessimizer 5y agoWhether facebook has to pay by raising compensation or by settling for worse engineers, it's still a premium.
- yanderekko 5y agoOn the flipside, if Facebook is losing talent because those talented workers are demanding that the company degrade its products, then having to pay a premium can be partially or wholly offset by the positive revenue impact of avoiding this sort of activist employee.
- baby 5y agoI don't believe it a single bit. They are hiring a bunch of engineers right after school, and a lot of engineers still believe that FB is a good product because they're using it on the daily.
- Ozzie_osman 5y agoVery anecdotally, but I've found that fresh grads are more likely to avoid FB because of the reputational issues vs more senior engineers (who might have families to support or might cynically believe that all big cos have questionable anyway and FB isn't special in that regard)