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> Would’ve made them more hireable in the future I think you're overestimating how much this harms their career prospects outside of FAANG.

• filoleg 2y ago
  But that’s the thing, most of them would much rather be employed at a FAANG with high pay and high tolerance for “expressing yourself” in the workplace. I totally agree with you that they would be unlikely to not be able to get a job at some old school enterprise with a very unsexy product. Those types of employers typically won’t tolerate even a hint of a similar behavior they could get away with at a FAANG though. Also, I dont automatically stigmatize people for having prior issues with the law. Imo, it all depends on a case by case basis. However, if I was an employer, I would feel just as uneasy hiring someone who was previously fired and arrested for staging a protest that got out of hand at their previous workplace, as I would about hiring someone with prior convictions for wire fraud and embezzling as my CFO. P.S. Besides FAANG, also good luck to them to be able to get employed by the government or military contractors (which I assume they wouldn’t even apply for in the first place, given their stances).
  • raydev 2y ago
    There are plenty of just-below-FAANG tier high-paying companies that aren't spending time Googling your history outside of LinkedIn. Most of these folks will be fine and getting paid lots of money. If they make this cause their entire online personality then maybe they'll have an issue, but I have a feeling most of them will probably get back to work and move on with their lives.