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> - having Facebook/Meta experience on your resume starts hurting you against others who don't Would you penalize a mechanical engineer for having Volkswagen o

> - having Facebook/Meta experience on your resume starts hurting you against others who don't Would you penalize a mechanical engineer for having Volkswagen on their resume because you read about the VW emissions scandal? Should we refuse to hire anyone who interned for politicians who were later involved in scandals? Of course not, because it’s dumb to punish former engineers for something a previous employer did over which they had no control. Good engineers are good engineers. Period. Trying to get revenge on a company you don’t like by forcing former employees in unrelated departments to suffer the consequences of your anger is ridiculous.

moritonal 5y ago
I think if a candidate said they worked at Volkswagen between 2009 to 2015, followed by a 3-year gap in their resume I'd likely not hire them. Regardless of your position in a company, your existence there does endorse it, and some responsibility (to varying extents obviously) must be acknowledged. 1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41053740 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41053740
coldpie 5y ago
VW emissions scandal is small potatoes compared to what Facebook is doing to the world. Working for a war machine company (Lockheed, GD, etc) would be a much better analogy, and I think the question is a valid one for employees of those companies, too.
- zajio1am 5y ago
  Today, people from Ukraine are glad of products of such war machine companies.
- pwython 5y ago
  The VW emissions violations are 100% proven deceit among customers and governments, as nefarious programming in their vehicles is much harder to detect than say, an editorial funded by FB spreading rumors about a competitor where the reader can form their own opinion. Unethical, yea, but 'small potatoes' compared to VW.
  - coldpie 5y ago
    Facebook is party to genocide and is actively working to end democracy. Lying on emissions reports is small potatoes compared to that, yes.
    - pwython 5y ago
      While the VW scandal is based on facts with hard evidence [1], your other theory is currently conjecture. [1] https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22830414-800-how-did-volkswagen-cheat-in-tests-and-can-it-fix-affected-cars/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22830414-800-how-did-... "Volkswagen programmed its on-board software to detect when cars with its TDI diesel engine were undergoing an emissions test, using information from the steering, brakes and accelerator. It then tweaked the engine settings to minimise levels of nitrogen oxides (NOx)."
- kmlx 5y ago
  > what Facebook is doing to the world. connecting people?

moritonal 5y ago

I think if a candidate said they worked at Volkswagen between 2009 to 2015, followed by a 3-year gap in their resume I'd likely not hire them. Regardless of your position in a company, your existence there does endorse it, and some responsibility (to varying extents obviously) must be acknowledged. 1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41053740 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41053740

coldpie 5y ago

VW emissions scandal is small potatoes compared to what Facebook is doing to the world. Working for a war machine company (Lockheed, GD, etc) would be a much better analogy, and I think the question is a valid one for employees of those companies, too.

zajio1am 5y ago
Today, people from Ukraine are glad of products of such war machine companies.
pwython 5y ago
The VW emissions violations are 100% proven deceit among customers and governments, as nefarious programming in their vehicles is much harder to detect than say, an editorial funded by FB spreading rumors about a competitor where the reader can form their own opinion. Unethical, yea, but 'small potatoes' compared to VW.
- coldpie 5y ago
  Facebook is party to genocide and is actively working to end democracy. Lying on emissions reports is small potatoes compared to that, yes.
  - pwython 5y ago
    While the VW scandal is based on facts with hard evidence [1], your other theory is currently conjecture. [1] https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22830414-800-how-did-volkswagen-cheat-in-tests-and-can-it-fix-affected-cars/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22830414-800-how-did-... "Volkswagen programmed its on-board software to detect when cars with its TDI diesel engine were undergoing an emissions test, using information from the steering, brakes and accelerator. It then tweaked the engine settings to minimise levels of nitrogen oxides (NOx)."
kmlx 5y ago
> what Facebook is doing to the world. connecting people?