Wow. The selection of companies is dire . I can't say I'd want to work for any of the companies I saw within the first ten rounds.
My thoughts exactly haha
Which company would you prefer to join?
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Re: Which company would you prefer to join?
#32The last 20 according to the leaderboard now:
110. Tesla
111. Roku
112. Electronic Arts
113. Brex
114. xAI
115. Docusign
116. Rubrik
117. Oracle
118. SoFi
119. Epic Games
120. Expendify
121. Cisco
122. Albertsons
123. Circle
124. Peloton
125. WeWork
126. Concur
127. Expedia
128. Walmart
129. Coupang
130. HBO
Re: Which company would you prefer to join?
#33This is just a who’s-who of asshole companies.
Re: Which company would you prefer to join?
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
I mean for either company you are going to be helping a company to chase profits. There is nothing wrong with that. But let’s not pretend there is a deeper meaning to work than to exchange labor for money. None of these companies will see you as any more than a number. The only deciding factor would be remote work and money.
This is the weird Homo economicus take that pops up quite often on HN. It shouldn't be surprising that some people want more than just money from the place where they spend half or more of their waking life. You can just check the comments here to see some of the reasons that people work, beyond money.
After you have worked 10 jobs over 30 years from 60 person startups to BigTech you realize it’s purely transactional. Do you think your employer “cares” about you? My job funds my short and long term needs and wants. The employer sees me as just a number, why should I treat them as any more than just a paycheck? None of us are out here saving starving children.
Re: Which company would you prefer to join?
#35why is Github is top 5
Re: Which company would you prefer to join?
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
I mean for either company you are going to be helping a company to chase profits. There is nothing wrong with that. But let’s not pretend there is a deeper meaning to work than to exchange labor for money. None of these companies will see you as any more than a number. The only deciding factor would be remote work and money.
This is the weird Homo economicus take that pops up quite often on HN. It shouldn't be surprising that some people want more than just money from the place where they spend half or more of their waking life. You can just check the comments here to see some of the reasons that people work, beyond money.
It makes complete sense that people want something more out of a job than money. However, you should not be looking for emotional attraction to a job, because that's asking for trouble. The thing is too many people tie their identity to their job, which then means that they're limiting their career opportunities and quality of life for people who fundamentally do not care about them. It's self-destructive.
What we should care about is, how long is the commute? Do I have to commute every day? Is the work stressful? Can I potentially work less than 40 hours? Will I be treated with base line respect? You know, things that tangible increase your quality of life.
Re: Which company would you prefer to join?
#37Hey HN, owner of the companymatches.com here
We weren’t quite expecting this much love… We just exceeded our free egress limit today (and this post contributes to a big portion for sure)
If things start acting weird, that’s why. Thanks for the interest — and the brutally honest feedback.
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Re: Which company would you prefer to join?
#38You might want to add a simple description of each company. I don't know half of them and in this dopamine shot optimized format, I don't really have the patience to research every one of them in a different tab.
yeah that is a good idea, i need to think a bit on UX part, and would need to pull in all the company info, which should not be hard
Re: Which company would you prefer to join?
#39Weird that the reasons don't include anything about the actual work. The work I envisage doing is a much more important reason than, say, prestige to me.
added interesting work as one reason!
Re: Which company would you prefer to join?
#40Would need an option "to not join the other" when asking why.
yeah added this option in the reasons, and also provide way for user to express dislike for either company