Facebook Employment Debate

Discussions center on opinions about working at Facebook, including skepticism toward FB employees' comments on HN, debates on the company's appeal as an employer amid ethical concerns, and defenses from current or former staff.

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Sample Comments

ummonk Oct 9, 2021 View on HN

You make it sound like Facebook engineers are unable to work elsewhere.

paintman252 May 5, 2022 View on HN

You worked at Facebook, we get it

arasmussen Dec 10, 2015 View on HN

As an ex-Facebook employee, I don't. :)

mcguire Aug 22, 2021 View on HN

Are you sure you want them to work for Facebook? :-)

chunkyslink Aug 17, 2011 View on HN

Maybe a lot of FB employees on here.

zepto Dec 21, 2020 View on HN

“I work for fb“Does any of this make you want to reconsider that?

crispyporkbites Oct 20, 2020 View on HN

I thought Facebook only hires the greatest engineers known to man?

mhh__ Aug 31, 2021 View on HN

Be wary of "When I used to work at Facebook we did xyz"

6cd6beb Jun 27, 2019 View on HN

Are people really interested in working for facebook in this climate?

disgruntledphd2 Sep 18, 2024 View on HN

Facebook only if you don't care about being promoted, from a pretty senior friend of mine who works there.