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Why the downvote?

by Moocar 12y ago

Why the downvote?

eli 12y ago
Who knows, voting is a pretty weird concept on a job thread. I suspect most serious job seekers either read the whole page or Ctrl+F for keywords.
zerr 12y ago
I didn't downvote, but why "US" in "US remote"? I'm always interested when I seen some country restrictions for remote jobs. In fact, a vast majority of these jobs are from US companies. So what's so special about US? Is dealing with paperwork for non-US candidates that hard for you?
- jtheory 12y ago
  A few possibilities: - it's simpler for tax/legal purposes for them to hire people who are US residents and legal to work in the US. - we're in the UK, and hire non-UK-based remote, but we've had a hard time if the timezone is more than a few hours off of London time. In the US, this pretty much restricts you to the Americas (which include a lot more than the US, of course, but this does make a decent chunk of non-US candidates incompatible for them).
holtbp 12y ago
My guess is someone is just hating on Walmart
- swordswinger12 12y ago
  Which is especially silly in this case because there is some pretty cool research that comes out of Walmart Labs. Most of what's relevant to me is the applied crypto/searchable encryption stuff.
  - sparr0 12y ago
    There's an excellent response to be made regarding the "silliness" of weighing cool research vs the ethics of the body doing the research, but making it explicitly would invoke Godwin's Law.
x0x0 12y ago
I didn't, but I do have several former coworkers who came into @walmartlabs -- and which tool named it that -- through acquisitions and have nothing good to say about the company. I wouldn't be surprised if they, or friends, downvoted. upon further consideration: and let's not forget your employer is a welfare whore -- a report [1] suggests you cost taxpayers $6.2B in public assistance. Your company actively treats employees like shit and makes communities worse. I'm glad you're fine with that but many of us aren't. Amazon aren't angels but afaik their warehouse employees aren't widespread users of social safety nets. [1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/04/15/report-walmart-workers-cost-taxpayers-6-2-billion-in-public-assistance/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/04/15/report-w...
smtddr 12y ago
Not me, but sometimes it's an accident that happens when browsing on a mobile device. Those up&down arrows are too close together IMHO.
hemantv 12y ago
I have a friend whose offer was withdrawn without prior notice. Just a shitty company to work for.

Why the downvote?

by Moocar 12y ago

Why the downvote?

eli 12y ago

Who knows, voting is a pretty weird concept on a job thread. I suspect most serious job seekers either read the whole page or Ctrl+F for keywords.

zerr 12y ago

I didn't downvote, but why "US" in "US remote"? I'm always interested when I seen some country restrictions for remote jobs. In fact, a vast majority of these jobs are from US companies. So what's so special about US? Is dealing with paperwork for non-US candidates that hard for you?

jtheory 12y ago
A few possibilities: - it's simpler for tax/legal purposes for them to hire people who are US residents and legal to work in the US. - we're in the UK, and hire non-UK-based remote, but we've had a hard time if the timezone is more than a few hours off of London time. In the US, this pretty much restricts you to the Americas (which include a lot more than the US, of course, but this does make a decent chunk of non-US candidates incompatible for them).

holtbp 12y ago

My guess is someone is just hating on Walmart

swordswinger12 12y ago
Which is especially silly in this case because there is some pretty cool research that comes out of Walmart Labs. Most of what's relevant to me is the applied crypto/searchable encryption stuff.
- sparr0 12y ago
  There's an excellent response to be made regarding the "silliness" of weighing cool research vs the ethics of the body doing the research, but making it explicitly would invoke Godwin's Law.

x0x0 12y ago

I didn't, but I do have several former coworkers who came into @walmartlabs -- and which tool named it that -- through acquisitions and have nothing good to say about the company. I wouldn't be surprised if they, or friends, downvoted. upon further consideration: and let's not forget your employer is a welfare whore -- a report [1] suggests you cost taxpayers $6.2B in public assistance. Your company actively treats employees like shit and makes communities worse. I'm glad you're fine with that but many of us aren't. Amazon aren't angels but afaik their warehouse employees aren't widespread users of social safety nets. [1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/04/15/report-walmart-workers-cost-taxpayers-6-2-billion-in-public-assistance/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/04/15/report-w...

smtddr 12y ago

Not me, but sometimes it's an accident that happens when browsing on a mobile device. Those up&down arrows are too close together IMHO.

hemantv 12y ago

I have a friend whose offer was withdrawn without prior notice. Just a shitty company to work for.