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cool-RR · 2010-06-18 12:43:07+00:00

I think this is very relevant: I would personally avoid applying for a position in a company with a very problematic product.

phasmantistes | karma 1029 | avg karma 8.57 · | 2016-07-27 22:31:38

You don't want to work for a company that operates that way anyway, if you can avoid it.

stale2002 | karma 4359 | avg karma 0.86 · | 2017-03-05 12:31:11

Yes.... And I would choose NOT to apply to such a company, because F them.

_bxg1 | karma 112 | avg karma 0.03 · | 2020-03-12 22:48:03+00:00

Personally I wouldn't want to work at a company like that

marssaxman | karma 7881 | avg karma 1.99 · | 2017-08-18 18:55:42+00:00

I'd be happy to not take a job with a company like that.

Croftengea | karma 656 | avg karma 4.13 · | 2021-04-13 03:09:10

I wouldn't want to work at a company with controversial business practices and "screw you we do what we want" attitude towards their customers, no matter what a great environment is inside.

x5n1 | karma 1235 | avg karma 1.1 · | 2016-01-13 15:43:12+00:00

Better not to work for such companies.

mindcrime | karma 37388 | avg karma 2.98 · | 2011-02-09 17:58:11+00:00

I could work for a company where my reaction to the product was "meh, whatever." But I doubt I'd work for a company whose product is something that I find morally reprehensible or something that I think is just absolute crap.

torgian | karma 1352 | avg karma 2.55 · | 2018-08-31 05:07:30+00:00

And you probably don’t want to work for a company that does that anyway

banananana | karma 9 | avg karma 9.0 · | 2018-05-09 21:33:42+00:00

Good way to identify which companies you shouldn't work for, I guess.

axaxs | karma 7169 | avg karma 3.91 · | 2019-05-17 02:13:04+00:00

I tell everyone I can to avoid them, just based on my own personal experience. It was by far the worst process of any company I interviewed with.

stop50 | karma 534 | avg karma 0.54 · | 2024-03-26 17:53:44

Yes. Several companies have so an bad reputation that i would never work for them.

CM30 | karma 11893 | avg karma 3.64 · | 2019-09-25 22:38:45+00:00

Well, no specifics, but any company responsible for creating malware, or selling software to totalitarian regimes for enforcing unjust laws against the public would be places I'd never work for.

Probably any operating in the tobacco industry too, though other 'vices' wouldn't be off the list there.

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prepend | karma 20867 | avg karma 2.84 · | 2022-03-02 15:19:49

I think their products suck and are sleazy. I don’t think I’ll ever be in a position where I have the opportunity, and I’d work if I was starving, but I don’t want to work for a company that makes bad products as a result of a bad philosophy.

It’s nice to be a programmer and have options but I wouldn’t work with a company that makes such invasive software.

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paulintrognon | karma 1 | avg karma 0.01 · | 2020-03-19 08:02:24

I don't know if that makes a company to avoid, but that's certainly a good point of awareness to raise.

mathattack | karma 18067 | avg karma 2.35 · | 2013-11-19 21:13:16

Can you share more on why it's a bad place to work?

They seem to be in a hot area now - consumer products data.

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pezezin | karma 713 | avg karma 1.32 · | 2021-11-13 02:38:05

Which company is that? Just to know where not to apply.

pedrocx486 | karma 336 | avg karma 2.2 · | 2020-07-23 17:08:47+00:00

It's good to see which companies you shouldn't work for.

dot5xdev | karma 41 | avg karma 1.58 · | 2023-07-13 19:51:42

Neat, a list of companies for me to avoid next time I'm looking for a job.

bjourne | karma 11379 | avg karma 2.71 · | 2019-09-25 13:15:32

I'd never say never. If the choice is between working for a bad company or starving and becoming homeless I'd choose the former. Companies I avoid working for include casino and online gambling sites and companies in the fossil fuel industry.