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Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact
#62You could start by looking at companies that comprise ESG ETFs. Granted many of the companies included in there could be semineutral or debatable as to actual benefit.
> You could start by looking at companies that comprise ESG ETFs. You could, if you believe that oil companies deserve a better score than Tesla.
Oil companies definitely don't belong. But also Tesla probably doesn't either.
Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact
#63You could start by looking at companies that comprise ESG ETFs. Granted many of the companies included in there could be semineutral or debatable as to actual benefit.
> You could start by looking at companies that comprise ESG ETFs. You could, if you believe that oil companies deserve a better score than Tesla.
Tesla has a lot of issues. It's not a stretch to see their material risks (lithium, cobalt, nickel, plastic aka oil) as being pretty bad. The source of the electric powering the car matters too. As does the fact that they still use oil based or CO2 emitting roadways and the effects of the brake pads and tires.
They certainly have problems. Tesla and oil companies have material and process (environmental) risks. Tesla also has the risks associated with poor societal and governance stances.
So back to my original comment - you'll have to look into the companies themselves because their "benefits" are debatable, including Tesla's.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/18/why-tesla-was-kicked-out-of-...
Edit: wow getting a lot of hate without any reply. I guess just because I'm critical of Tesla?
Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
> You could start by looking at companies that comprise ESG ETFs. You could, if you believe that oil companies deserve a better score than Tesla.
Oil companies definitely don't belong. But also Tesla probably doesn't either.
I don't believe either are in ESG indexes at this point. Tesla was but was later removed.
Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact
#65Quartzy (YC S11) makes software for researchers that helps them save time and money, and we're hiring: https://quartzy.com
I feel like Quartzy doesn't get nearly enough recognition for the amazing work that they do.
Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact
#66If you care about freedom and privacy pls check us out: Abine - the online privacy company | https://www.abine.com/ and https://joindeleteme.com/ WFH - full stack developers and other positions available. We are a growing profitable company focused on better, easier, online privacy. We make two products. Blur is a password manager foundation with privacy aliasing / tokenization built-in from the ground up to help peo…
Thank you for Blur. It is just excellent. I have been using it for years now and I highly recommend it to anyone who cares about privacy
Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact
#67I have moved from a well-paid, relaxed job that made rich people even richer to a much harder one that's about making people's life better. It was the best thing I've done with my career. We have people in the company who got burned out in the software industry and rejoined just for participating in the mission. (We're patientsknowbest.com, aiming to provide all the patients all their data without hidden agendas about monetizing it.)
Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact
#68Check out Joby Aviation! Currently hiring all types of engineers. Developing zero-emission aircraft.
The company is very social/environmental-impact conscious, and has an incredible culture.
Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact
#69I'm a co-founder of Turquoise Health ( https://turquoise.health/ ). We are working to improve US healthcare by exposing the prices that are negotiated at all levels of the insurance billing process and building tools where price negotiations happen in a competitive market instead of in secret. The goal is to drive down healthcare prices using the levers that are available. Right now, there are often 10x price differe…
Do you have any ideas on jobs for an RN that would like to change the healthcare world. Particularly an RN that was worn down pre-pandemic from the cost optimization that leads to nurses having 2x+ the ideal patient load, and families treating them like waitresses? Asking for a friend.
I really wish I had some good advice, but I don't unfortunately.
Re: Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact
#70I'm founder and CEO at ODK and we are hiring ( https://getodk.org/jobs )! ODK is an open-source mobile data collection platform. The common use-case is a data collector in the field fills out a form while offline. Whenever a connection is found, the data gets sent to a server where it can be seen and acted on. ODK is basically the Land Cruiser of mobile data collection apps. It's designed to be very reliable in chall…
> "The common use-case is a data collector in the field fills out a form while offline. Whenever a connection is found, the data gets sent to server where it can be seen and acted on."
is there any user control over this? otherwise, this is an totalitarian's dream come true. i'd suggest thinking about this capability a little more in relation to "positive impact".