Facebook's reputation is so bad that they must pay more to hire, retain talent(businessinsider.com)
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Facebook's reputation is so bad that they must pay more to hire, retain talent
https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-pays-brand-tax-hire-talent-fears-career-black-mark-2021-12
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I think the bigger issue is that the value proposition for FB is dicey. The "social" business model seems to be a race to exploit the user base as thoroughly as possible, while using a basement of PhDs to keep the site sticky. Relatively normal by modern corporation standards, but the notion that they're working towards a more connected world that benefits their users is thoroughly debunked. This combined with brand reputations being tied to their target demographic's beliefs puts FB in a bad spot. I can see a future when they double down and play to their core strengths; deep data harvesting, and fine grained targeting. I'm not sure if that means they take over the data brokerage market, fire up the M&A engine, or pivot to Palantir's space. Either way, I don't know many folks who will be joining them.
Also their product is social cancer so ya gotta pay people more to work on it.
At some point I am guessing that having Facebook on one’s resume will be seen as a negative too.
The title of the article includes: "Some are calling it a 'brand tax' as tech workers fear a 'black mark' on their careers."
Protip: If you respond to an FB recruiter with profanity ridden anger, the entire company will stop bothering you. Two years and counting.
After getting nearly monthly solicitations for who knows how long and being polite, I tried a different approach.
After getting nearly monthly solicitations for who knows how long and being polite, I tried a different approach.
What I tried, in a similar situation, was being clear that I did not support the company or its leadership and for them to never contact me again. It worked.
Unpopular opinion: Instagram is a fantastic product. I have been deliberate in choosing "i'm not interested" for anything I don't enjoy, and now I have a curated feed of fine art and finance memes. If/when it goes away I will be bereft. The improvement to my daily life and psyche is huge.
This reminds me....I should get back to the Meta recruiter who has been emailing me for weeks to get on a call.
Honestly, FB might be cancer but you can get to work on some large scale projects. Plus, other corporations don't really care if facebook is ethical or not.
Honestly, FB might be cancer but you can get to work on some large scale projects. Plus, other corporations don't really care if facebook is ethical or not.
Corporations might not, but the people working on the hiring team might. I would.
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Working for Satan, bent on slowly destroying civilization for fun and profit --- why would that leave a black mark on your career?
Most global corps would scoop up that experience and complete lack of morality in a heartbeat.
Most global corps would scoop up that experience and complete lack of morality in a heartbeat.
"FB/Zuckerberg is Satan" is hyperbole.
FB appears to be a popular punching bag. I figured this was due to them eating newspapers' ad revenue, for the most part.
FB appears to be a popular punching bag. I figured this was due to them eating newspapers' ad revenue, for the most part.
That might have some truth to it, but Google ate them first, and Meta doesn't pay more for fun.
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The more articles I read about FB's terrible reputation and commensurate price premium they need to dish out, the more interested I become in snagging some sort of remote management position there. I work for a DoD contractor so the "reputational impact" of FB on my resume doesn't mean much to me, but potentially doubling my income for a few years would absolutely be life-changing. And no longer having to work in an open office, with half of the internet blocked to boot, would just be icing on the cake....