One of their recruiters, a fellow named Josh, hounded me for months to join Meta, and we went back and forth about the merits, the chance to work on something huge, but when he boiled all down.. it was the money. Meta pays a lot for the people they want, and that just wasn't enough for me.
Readit Newsajay-b commented on What makes you still work for Meta, when it's clear how toxic the company is? · Posted by u/camillomiller
ajay-b commented on Extreme skydiver Baumgartner dies in paragliding accident dw.com/en/extreme-skydive... · Posted by u/selectAll
Oh my God, that is horrible. He was so inspiring.
I’ve never trusted Jimmy Wales with money and so I have never donated to Wikipedia.
OMG this documentary is awesome! I had no idea, thank you.
ajay-b commented on Facebook Stole Our Name and Livelihood meta.company/... · Posted by u/ColinWright
Now this would be a really great time for EFF to step in…
ajay-b commented on The fast-food workers’ season of rebellion washingtonpost.com/nation... · Posted by u/akkartik
I worked at McDonald’s 25 years ago, for a year during college. It’s still one of the hardest jobs I’ve ever had. The work is unrelenting; customers treat you like a machine; the pay sucks; the hours are constantly changing; there are no meaningful benefits.
All of this is done to reduce the cost and increase the homogeneity of the final product. The product itself has been engineered for decades to be as palate-pleasing and inexpensive as possible. The humans preparing and serving the food are the only weak link in the chain, and they’re treated as such.
All of this so we can eat cheap, predictable burgers. It’s the worst kind of poison — that which kills slowly, and sucks the joy from your life as it does so.
I worked for BoJangles in the 90s at a starting wage of $4.75. They called it a training wage, for 90 days. It sucked, but not the job, or really the customers, it was the management. Managers never had, nor cared for, the respect of their reports.
Mr. Smith goes to Trenton. I am pleased that a blue collar person is engaged.
ajay-b commented on Facebook plans to shut down its facial recognition system nytimes.com/2021/11/02/te... · Posted by u/nycdatasci
I’m happy but I don’t believe it.
That’s… Wow, since when can someone bar someone else from testifying in court? I thought it was the pursuit of truth?
ajay-b commented on EFF co-founder John Gilmore removed from org's Board theregister.com/2021/10/2... · Posted by u/intunderflow
Links please. Not really a fan of PETA but I've heard so much misinformation about them that I really don't think they're as bad as everyone makes them out to be.
The only thing I’ve learned from this discussion is that PETA is a disgusting organization, and it’s best that I have nothing to do with them.