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by 6cd6beb 2544 days ago
Are people really interested in working for facebook in this climate?
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I am knees deep in debt and have to take care of ill family member. More money solves 99.9% of my problems
Right? I'm getting downvoted but I can't stand it when people born in the west think their morals matter in the name of surviving and first generation success. Yeah downvote me, most people would STILL work for facebook me included. That's a damn good pay cheque.
I would not work at Facebook regardless of the paycheck. Granted I doubt they want a conservative veteran working for them so the feeling is mutual.
Would you also be open to committing crimes (stealing, robberies, etc) if it improves your situation?

Facebook is doing large-scale fraud (dark patterns & deceiving users, among other things) stalking and profiting off malicious ads & scams. That’s criminal by my standards.

Tech jobs are paying insane rates.

If you need to work at one of the top five tech giants in order to manage your debt then your story must be a catastrophic one.

Yes. Some people aren't so well off that they read the news and cut off a good income because of. Picture this: youre an engineer from africa and youve moved here at 23, think they give a damn about QQ facebook is immoral? Yeah I think not.
> youre an engineer from africa and youve moved here at 23

Do you really think this is a large demographic? 90%+ of Facebook's fresh hires are probably born and raised in the US.