How do they feel about Facebook's business practices etc?
Ask HN: What do Facebook employees think about their company?
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#2I don’t think they can disclose that. Besides they get paid pretty well to do their work and not ask questions about the ethics of it.
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#3Same as Googlers...they're ramble some nonsense about caring to keep families connected while waiting for their stock options to vest.
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#4I'd assume that most employees don't have anything to do with dodgy stuff. Interested in knowing if I'm right or not.
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#5Can they post an honest answer here, and be confident that it couldn't be traced back to them?
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#6Hope they think what they want.
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#7This was my first question at job interview to Facebook. Luckily i got an indian developer and i knew about how aggressive facebook in his home country (does everybody remembers free basics?) and i asked about what he thinks. Answer was simple - this is a form of a competition. I think "competition" can easily justify doing shady things - any of your competitors eventually will do the same and because of this there are no reason to not to implement something like phone book scraping.
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#8Facebook employees and tech workers in general have a much wider spectrum of opinions that what echo chambers like HN allow. I personally know a lot of Facebook, Apple and Microsoft employees who voted Trump. Palantir employees who are very proud about their jobs and believe that they're making a positive impact on the world. Uber employees who believe that they're engaged in a good fight against regulation and bureaucracy. What's common for all of them, though, is that they generally keep these opinions to themselves and know better than venting them on HN, Techcrunch and social media.
Re: Ask HN: What do Facebook employees think about their company?
#9This was my first question at job interview to Facebook. Luckily i got an indian developer and i knew about how aggressive facebook in his home country (does everybody remembers free basics?) and i asked about what he thinks. Answer was simple - this is a form of a competition. I think "competition" can easily justify doing shady things - any of your competitors eventually will do the same and because of this there a…
Ah, the dodgy salesman approach: "If they don't buy our useless thing, they will buy the same useless thing from one of our competitors anyway!"
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#10I'm interested in the answers. I'm having upcoming interviews with Facebook, and I wonder if the recent events should be addressed in the "culture fit" interview.
My personal opinion is that the problem is not so much with Facebook but with the legislation. Corporations like Facebook are there to make profit within the rules defined by society. I hope there will be stronger laws to protect our privacy and data, and generally more awareness on the issue.