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> Not a single interviewer (from junior engineers to directors and VPs of engineering) asked me anything remotely like "Why are you still at an awful company li

by zionic 5y ago

> Not a single interviewer (from junior engineers to directors and VPs of engineering) asked me anything remotely like "Why are you still at an awful company like Facebook?" Sure, we disqualified you when you listed them on your resume. You never got callbacks and probably blamed it on XYZ. You don’t understand, there’s a growing group of us in Silicon Valley that will never hire you if you have FAANG on your CV.

stickfigure 5y ago
I really wish that people who let strong political opinions bleed into their professional careers would somehow flag that on their resumes, so I could likewise avoid them.
- zionic 5y ago
- sofixa 5y ago
  Having a moral/ethical compass isn't "political".
  - disgruntledphd2 5y ago
    So there's only one true moral compass?
    - sofixa 5y ago
      No, but it's hard to see a person having one and seen Facebook on the "good side" of a moral compass.
yumraj 5y ago
Exactly. I cannot trust folks who have spent more than 1-2 years at FB to make ethical decisions and I will not hire them. Similarly, I will not go to a company if people up the chain, including my immediate boss or the CEO are ex-FB. If the CxOs are ex-FB I cannot expect it to be an ethical company. But, that’s me.
- zionic 5y ago
  Thank you. A lot of mercenaries here are posting coopium all over this thread. They just don’t get it, we don’t want them. We believe they’re evil. We see them, and their skills, as a liability and not employable asset.
  - eclipxe 5y ago
    lol.
loeg 5y ago
Surely if your business has such a strong moral stand on hiring former Facebook employees, you can name it?
- zionic 5y ago
  - loeg 5y ago
    My manager doesn't care about your company. My primary interest is in knowing what company I should avoid interviewing at.
    - ncmncm 5y ago
      By report, you need not worry about that.
    - deleted 5y ago
      [deleted]
throwaway31332 5y ago
After reading your many comments in this thread, I honestly hope you *did* come across my resume and silently "disqualify" me. Sounds like it saved me from a miserable job working for a toxic narcissist of a manager. You seem to have an enormous chip on your shoulder towards FAANG companies. Did you work for one and fail spectacularly, or did you just get rejected a bunch of times?

by zionic 5y ago

stickfigure 5y ago

I really wish that people who let strong political opinions bleed into their professional careers would somehow flag that on their resumes, so I could likewise avoid them.

zionic 5y ago
sofixa 5y ago
Having a moral/ethical compass isn't "political".
- disgruntledphd2 5y ago
  So there's only one true moral compass?
  - sofixa 5y ago
    No, but it's hard to see a person having one and seen Facebook on the "good side" of a moral compass.

yumraj 5y ago

Exactly. I cannot trust folks who have spent more than 1-2 years at FB to make ethical decisions and I will not hire them. Similarly, I will not go to a company if people up the chain, including my immediate boss or the CEO are ex-FB. If the CxOs are ex-FB I cannot expect it to be an ethical company. But, that’s me.

zionic 5y ago
Thank you. A lot of mercenaries here are posting coopium all over this thread. They just don’t get it, we don’t want them. We believe they’re evil. We see them, and their skills, as a liability and not employable asset.
- eclipxe 5y ago
  lol.

loeg 5y ago

Surely if your business has such a strong moral stand on hiring former Facebook employees, you can name it?

zionic 5y ago
- loeg 5y ago
  My manager doesn't care about your company. My primary interest is in knowing what company I should avoid interviewing at.
  - ncmncm 5y ago
    By report, you need not worry about that.
  - deleted 5y ago
    [deleted]

throwaway31332 5y ago

After reading your many comments in this thread, I honestly hope you *did* come across my resume and silently "disqualify" me. Sounds like it saved me from a miserable job working for a toxic narcissist of a manager. You seem to have an enormous chip on your shoulder towards FAANG companies. Did you work for one and fail spectacularly, or did you just get rejected a bunch of times?