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What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Re: What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Post by slowernet »

hoopism wrote: post #11

If you are considering writing a post like this ask yourself: "Am I comfortable telling people the cause". If the answer is no then you shouldn't write a post like this. I know he mentions that it's for "privacy reasons"... but any rational person is going to conclude that you are not disclosing the reason because it reflects poorly on you and undermines your gripe. Now if you are comfortable disclosing the cause, th…

It's not unlikely that they signed a non-disparage, non-disclose in exchange for some/marginal severance.

Re: What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Post by ska »

zerr wrote: post #49

> Many companies do PIPs (performance improvement plans) Isn't this a first signal when one should start looking for a new job asap?

Not necessarily.

As a manager if you have an employee who you believe is basically a good fit but has a performance issue you would really rather they turn this around than have to hire again. Particularly with junior people this can often work well.

I realize that some organizations often use PIPs for legal converage reasons and in that case it may be a foregone conclusion.

Re: What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Post by cglee »

NotSammyHagar wrote: post #47

Hopefully this reminds people, especially if you are working in your first job at some all encompassing place like amazon, google, facebook, whatever, that they don't love you. Maybe they give you food, a phone, a ride to work, but you have to have your own life outside work. Keep your resume up to date. Even awesome google is not a place that everyone stays at forever.

Love and loyalty to individuals, not institutions.

Re: What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Post by daemin »

xyzzy4 wrote: post #31
lazyant wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

maybe login in with somebody else's credentials? or some other security-related or procedural stuff that he bypassed to make things easier? using non-authorized (personal) equipment or software? just speculating

One time when I was an intern, I got screamed at by an old-timer technician when he found out I connected a few computers in a lab room to the Internet. Because an Internet connection causes viruses.

Well one certain way to have security on a computer is to have an air gap, i.e. do not connect it to any other network. (And yes air gap made more sense when all networking was with cabled, not with wifi.)

Re: What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Post by Touche »

ivanca wrote: post #37
jh123908 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He thinks it would be easy to identify him from the cause, even though according to the post many people in the company do it routinely

...is easy to identify him BECAUSE he was fired. A lot of people are caught jaywalking, but only a handful are fined.

But if it is jaywalking (s)he has no reason to be worried about being identified.

Re: What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Post by slowernet »

brohee wrote: post #50

"Every morning, I'd get up, hop in the shuttle, and that's when my day began. Getting breakfast, seeing all my friends" Confusing friends and colleagues, possibly having no life outside of work. "She's never at her desk, and she routinely cancelled our regular 1:1 meetings because she has no other choice" Stockholm syndrome "My boss's voice was devoid of emotion, even though we had gone through a lot together (at lea…

Definite elements of cultishness. In my experience it's best to remember that employers need people like you more than you need any one of them.

Re: What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Post by FD3SA »

finnyspade wrote: post #33

So having interned at Facebook, I find this post confusing. They made it very clear to us during HR onboarding that the only zero tolerance policy was on unauthorized access to user data. The harassment stuff isn't a zero tolerance thing. They even told us to go ahead and ask out other employees if you're interested, but just don't press if you get a no. It's pretty clear he accessed data he shouldn't have, and for t…

Yes, it's a bit of a massive story to digest without knowing what he actually did.

If it was accessing user data, of course he should be fired.

Re: What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Post by kelukelugames »

finnyspade wrote: post #33

So having interned at Facebook, I find this post confusing. They made it very clear to us during HR onboarding that the only zero tolerance policy was on unauthorized access to user data. The harassment stuff isn't a zero tolerance thing. They even told us to go ahead and ask out other employees if you're interested, but just don't press if you get a no. It's pretty clear he accessed data he shouldn't have, and for t…

It sounds like he violated a privacy issue. Probably looked up a friend or celebrity.

At my last job, a company that sells houses, people looked up each other's data for fun. I was kind of annoyed that one of the college hires found how much I paid for my house but that was the norm.

Okay, I should probably specify that I didn't tell anyone my address. People don't even know my legal name. I worked at and bought my house through Redfin. Redfin gets my info from my Redfin account. A little different than looking up an address on Zillow.

Re: What does it feel like to be fired from Facebook?

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Post by xyzzy4 »

daemin wrote: post #54
xyzzy4 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One time when I was an intern, I got screamed at by an old-timer technician when he found out I connected a few computers in a lab room to the Internet. Because an Internet connection causes viruses.

Well one certain way to have security on a computer is to have an air gap, i.e. do not connect it to any other network. (And yes air gap made more sense when all networking was with cabled, not with wifi.)

His concern made sense but I thought he overreacted.
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