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Re:Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal th... by nrp on Thursday December 24, 2020 @01:51PM (#25530212)
I spent five years golden handcuffed at Facebook and hired a large number of brilliant, driven people there. Most of them are still there because of the obscenely large sums of money Facebook pays to keep them there. Note that Facebook does not do counteroffers, and instead makes sure to keep the best people financially motivated to stay each year.
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Re:Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal th... by sizzle on Thursday December 24, 2020 @04:50PM (#25531765)
Curious, why did you leave?

Since you are on the outside now, do you still agree with their mission and tactics or do you see them on a path towards 'user-engagement metrics over everything' ending in destruction.

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Re:Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal th... by EGreg on Thursday December 24, 2020 @02:29PM (#25530607)
What exactly does that mean, "Facebook does not do counteroffers"?

So you name an amount and either take you or not?

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Re:Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal th... by nrp on Thursday December 24, 2020 @03:18PM (#25531035)
To clarify, if you're employed at Facebook and get an offer from another company, Facebook won't attempt to counter that offer to keep you. The initial offer to get employed at Facebook is of course negotiable.
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Re:Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal th... by ewindal on Thursday December 24, 2020 @03:54PM (#25531304)
Probably for the better. People who have already gotten a competitive offer must be determined to leave.
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Re:Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal th... by nrp on Thursday December 24, 2020 @05:21PM (#25532033)
Yes, it is genuinely a good policy. It results in happy employees not being penalized for not shopping around for offers.
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Re:Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal th... by grumple on Thursday December 24, 2020 @02:03PM (#25530330)
What do those people work on?
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Re:Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal th... by abrowne on Thursday December 24, 2020 @02:09PM (#25530397)
Zstandard is pretty nice: https://github.com/facebook/zstd
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Re:Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal th... by amf12 on Saturday December 26, 2020 @08:07AM (#25543218)
Facebook has some top notch systems and infrastructure.
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