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I don't think this really happened.

by episteme 3y ago

dannyw 3y ago
Specifically, no HR would want to give specific and articulate reasoning without human review, it’s a liability.
- Cthulhu_ 3y ago
  It's a risk a lot of companies are willing to take if it saves them money though, see also: unsubstantiated bans from platforms like FB, Paypal, Youtube/Google, etc. A lot done via automation, because at those scales, hiring people to do it is expensive.
  - yowzadave 3y ago
    They may well reject applicants for dumb and automated reasons, but they would not inform the applicant of the reason for the rejection.
- latency-guy2 3y ago
  Another thing to point out is that this subreddit is propaganda central for communists and socialists, I wouldn't be surprised if that thread is completely unsourced and provided by an individual with very little indication of being a genuine user of the reddit userbase. There's thousands of examples of it happening and going by virtually unnoticed. I was pointed to a thread a while ago of a Dell employee who supposedly committed suicide due to a workforce reduction in the parking lot of one of Dell's facilities in Texas [1][2]. The thread was quite popular, and I presume was on the front page of reddit. It seems like it was eventually taken down, but as many know about websites like reddit, it only needs to stay up a few hours to reach critical mass. [1] https://archive.ph/Bbyvc https://archive.ph/Bbyvc archive [2] https://old.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/17809vp/dell_technologies_employees_commits_suicide_in/ https://old.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/17809vp/dell_tech...
esperent 3y ago
You're getting down-voted but it's extremely important to cast a cynical eye on everything you see posted on Reddit. Here too, to a lesser extent. Especially when something is highly believable and funny but no actual proof (such as the company name) is given. People really do make stuff up, a lot, for no other reason than attention via imaginary internet points. Or the enjoyment of manipulating thousands of people into believing something they made up.
emsign 3y ago
Never underestimate the stupidity and greed of business people.

I don't think this really happened.

dannyw 3y ago

Specifically, no HR would want to give specific and articulate reasoning without human review, it’s a liability.

Cthulhu_ 3y ago
It's a risk a lot of companies are willing to take if it saves them money though, see also: unsubstantiated bans from platforms like FB, Paypal, Youtube/Google, etc. A lot done via automation, because at those scales, hiring people to do it is expensive.
- yowzadave 3y ago
  They may well reject applicants for dumb and automated reasons, but they would not inform the applicant of the reason for the rejection.
latency-guy2 3y ago
Another thing to point out is that this subreddit is propaganda central for communists and socialists, I wouldn't be surprised if that thread is completely unsourced and provided by an individual with very little indication of being a genuine user of the reddit userbase. There's thousands of examples of it happening and going by virtually unnoticed. I was pointed to a thread a while ago of a Dell employee who supposedly committed suicide due to a workforce reduction in the parking lot of one of Dell's facilities in Texas [1][2]. The thread was quite popular, and I presume was on the front page of reddit. It seems like it was eventually taken down, but as many know about websites like reddit, it only needs to stay up a few hours to reach critical mass. [1] https://archive.ph/Bbyvc https://archive.ph/Bbyvc archive [2] https://old.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/17809vp/dell_technologies_employees_commits_suicide_in/ https://old.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/17809vp/dell_tech...

esperent 3y ago

You're getting down-voted but it's extremely important to cast a cynical eye on everything you see posted on Reddit. Here too, to a lesser extent. Especially when something is highly believable and funny but no actual proof (such as the company name) is given. People really do make stuff up, a lot, for no other reason than attention via imaginary internet points. Or the enjoyment of manipulating thousands of people into believing something they made up.

emsign 3y ago

Never underestimate the stupidity and greed of business people.