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A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit

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Re: A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit

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fatnoah wrote: post #18
mcntsh wrote: post #13

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I used to dream about working at Google until I interviewed with them. I got dragged along for months and largely ignored between interviews. The interviews themselves were impersonal and non interactive. They gave the impression that I should just shut up and write code in front of them and when I asked clarifying questions I barely got anything in response.

Wow, this is the complete opposite of my experience interviewing there. The recruiter typically got back to me the same day, or the next day at the latest. My interviews, system design in particular, were very, very, very interactive (and fun!).

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Re: A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit

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DeathArrow wrote: post #16

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That's pretty standard for cults actually. A big part of having a successful cult is screening out people who aren't susceptible. Having a less extreme outer cult ensures only the most vulnerable are served up to the more extreme stuff.

See NXIVM or even Scientology with the split between "normies" out walking around and the Gold Base/Sea Org people.

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I'd be more than happy to join a cult and do their bidding if they got me a good job at Google with good long term prospects, it sounds like a fair deal to me. Mr Lloyd would have been much better off working out a deal with the cult rather than suing his employer, perhaps he could have nominally joined them and tithed 10% in exchange for their nepotism; it's certainly what I would have done.

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Post by lotto-win »

bragr wrote: post #22
DeathArrow wrote: post #16

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That's pretty standard for cults actually. A big part of having a successful cult is screening out people who aren't susceptible. Having a less extreme outer cult ensures only the most vulnerable are served up to the more extreme stuff. See NXIVM or even Scientology with the split between "normies" out walking around and the Gold Base/Sea Org people.

I would love a good documentary about cults in general - in the style of "icarus" - reporter tries and documents it. Such a fascinating topic.
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