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Re: Ask HN: Should I testify?

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Post by davidw »

lisa_henderson wrote: post #44

Let's be realistic: there are many companies that won't hire you after this. The question is, are those the companies that you want to work for? It's a tough choice, of course. You mention that the company you worked at is popular here on Hacker News. So let's assume we are talking about Apple or Google or perhaps AirBnB. So from now on, when people look up your name, they will see something like "Testified against A…

> Let's be realistic: there are many companies that won't hire you after this

Based on? This sounds important enough to warrant real data rather than our guts, whims, direction of the wind, or whatever else.

Re: Ask HN: Should I testify?

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Post by varelse »

javert wrote: post #78
lisa_henderson wrote: post #44

Let's be realistic: there are many companies that won't hire you after this. The question is, are those the companies that you want to work for? It's a tough choice, of course. You mention that the company you worked at is popular here on Hacker News. So let's assume we are talking about Apple or Google or perhaps AirBnB. So from now on, when people look up your name, they will see something like "Testified against A…

There's got to be lots of companies that, as a policy, don't do illegal things. Especially smaller businesses that can't afford to break the law. But larger ones too. Presumably, those kinds of places just wouldn't care if you testified against a former employer who broke the law. Because it just wouldn't matter.

In corporate America, companies do not do illegal things, illegal things do companies.

Re: Ask HN: Should I testify?

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Post by poikniok »

javert wrote: post #78
lisa_henderson wrote: post #44

Let's be realistic: there are many companies that won't hire you after this. The question is, are those the companies that you want to work for? It's a tough choice, of course. You mention that the company you worked at is popular here on Hacker News. So let's assume we are talking about Apple or Google or perhaps AirBnB. So from now on, when people look up your name, they will see something like "Testified against A…

There's got to be lots of companies that, as a policy, don't do illegal things. Especially smaller businesses that can't afford to break the law. But larger ones too. Presumably, those kinds of places just wouldn't care if you testified against a former employer who broke the law. Because it just wouldn't matter.

This to me is a silly idea, as I am confident that if you let me follow any person, or work in any company for a day, I could find laws that they are breaking. Everybody breaks laws, and nobody wants to have the passenger in their car report them for speeding 5mph over the limit.

Re: Ask HN: Should I testify?

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Post by MichaelCrawford »

tptacek wrote: post #67
s_q_b wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perfect, unless they're threatening to prosecute you as well if you don't cooperate. Otherwise, explain the situation to the prosecutor and detective and ask to be subpoenaed. They'd likely be happy to comply.

There's no prosecutor. It's a civil suit.

In that case, it's a plaintiff.
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