I disagree. This comment seems to come from the idea that work defines you, but that doesn't generalize at all. Family and friends hearing that you work at FB w

I disagree. This comment seems to come from the idea that work defines you, but that doesn't generalize at all. Family and friends hearing that you work at FB will almost alway only think about the prestige/money angle. I work at Uber, another company whose leadership historically made some very questionable decisions, and not once did I ever get holier-than-thou crap from acquaintances. And even if I did, I have enough internal perspective to appropriately call BS or disregard people who think parroting 5 year old articles constitutes having an educated opinion on the company today. Another similar example is Microsoft. They were demonized extremely heavily a decade or two ago, but these days, claiming that working there is a reputational stain would be pretty laughable. LinkedIn, Groupon, AirBnb, etc all had negative press at one point or another. But if you work in any of those, the most common reaction is "Oh, cool!"