> Imagine discriminating based upon the employees work history.

That is ... literally what CVs are for.

There are plenty of jobs out there. If someone has Palantir on their history they can apply somewhere else.

What's so crazy about judging a resume by its contents? Why even submit one if it's not meant to influence the decision?

It's not that it's crazy - it's an effective way to accomplish your goals. They're just very toxic and socially harmful goals. It's a huge problem if the industry ends up partitioned into Democratic Tech and Republican Tech.

> Imagine discriminating based upon the employees work history. Who the fuck are you, mate?

Last I checked that's time and time again what companies hire on based on every study, lol.

Your issue seems to not be at all with prior work history, but hiring based on ethics. Given how much that is applied to arguments here on HN that are relevant to technical work, that seems at the very least like a valid factor that can absolutely effect work.

As to your example, the big difference here is that you jumped to a conclusion about the person's activities that doesn't seem very reasonable to assume based on their employment history. The parent went company worked at -> tacit acceptance of their actions as a company (again, there's nuance here that should always be explored) -> possible negative effects on future job.

The idea that this doesn't happen is a bit laughable. Of course the choices you make of employer matter. They've always mattered, and they will continue to matter, because they represent exactly what your values are worth to you.

> Imagine discriminating based upon the employees work history.

Seriously? That's pretty much the whole point of a resume, for an employer to discriminate based on work and education history.

It sounds weird when said in a negative way, but it makes all the sense in the world when you think of it "positively", like "of course companies should prefer to hire someone that worked at a top company or graduated from a top school".