• farmgineer@nord.pub
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    13 hours ago

    I’m possibly losing my job and currently job-hunting. I’ve seen open positions for Palantir and Flock and would sooner be dead than working for them.

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      4 hours ago

      just apply but have an AI write everything as if you are a suberp candidate, just to increase their workload. In the least they will have to google you to see you don’t exist.

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      13 hours ago

      You should still apply, though. Because people hate them, they likely need to offer higher salaries to compensate, just like Meta does. You can use these high offers to negotiate a better salary at a more palatable company. Also, it wastes the time of a scumbag company, so win-win.

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        6 hours ago

        Do we really want to put other, ethical companies under strain just because anti-ethical companies have lots of dirty cash pumped into them to pay higher?

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          9 minutes ago

          you don’t have to use the leverage unless you need to

          better to be prepared

          I’ve yet to apply to a company that didn’t low ball me on the contract offer

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            14 minutes ago

            After a certain level of salary, I’d rather work for an ethical company than get more money. I’d also rather ethical companies don’t collapse.

            So I’d say No.

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          4 hours ago

          In the absence of unionization, the worker should take every opportunity to bolster their position in the employer/employee power imbalance