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Could you give a list of the names of those negative companies, as a service to engineers seeking employment?

• michaelochurch 14y ago
  I blew the whistle on Google (which I regret, because Google has pockets of evil but, on the whole, isn't that bad) although I haven't given the whole story. Google's a case of a decent company (for its size) with some terrible managers, though. I don't mean to cast aspersion on the whole thing. If you get a good manager, I'd still recommend it. There's some really cool stuff happening at Google and if you can get good projects, even now it's a great place to work. Two of the companies included are defunct. Two are of unknown status (not places I worked). One is a close friend of mine who eventually got a severance. If I spilled, I'd expose what he told me and risk his package, so no. I shouldn't know, myself. There's one where I still hold The Card and I'm debating it. I could probably cripple the company, but I'm afraid that it would hurt the engineers (some of whom, I'm still friends with) more than the assholes in charge. That's the real problem. I have enough experience with whistleblowing to know that it's a blunt instrument. You don't get to pick who gets hurt. So I'm being cautions with that case. Since it was just over a year ago, I feel like the window has passed. However, any individual who wants to ask me if an NYC education startup is That One can email me and I'll confirm or deny. They have truly evil management that deeply deserves to fail, not just at this company but in the future. What keeps me from naming that firm is concern for the lower-level people.