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A comment on Ask HN: What is it like to work at Facebook in your 40s (or older)?.

Re:Ask HN: What is it like to work at Facebook in your 40s (... by alsoicode on Thursday August 19, 2021 @02:25PM (#28237406)
Instead of Facebook, why not help build applications that positively impact people's lives? Come work with us at Labcorp.

We have plenty of developers in their 40s here and you can do a TON of different things from robotics to AR, AI/ML, APIs, Web Applications, mobile - all with incredible, awesome, smart people.

We have a great work/life balance, good equipment, flexible time off, and many other perks. We're all remote right now and likely will be for quite a while.

https://jobs.labcorp.com/

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Re:Ask HN: What is it like to work at Facebook in your 40s (... by eweise on Thursday August 19, 2021 @02:46PM (#28237688)
People in their 40's typically have huge financial obligations and money becomes a primary concern. Companies like Facebook pay well above the industry average.
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Re:Ask HN: What is it like to work at Facebook in your 40s (... by boring_twenties on Thursday August 19, 2021 @02:54PM (#28237782)
Facebook might not be angels, but at least they don't facilitate the invasive and dehumanizing practice of involuntary drug screening.

I would prefer not to work for either company, but if forced to choose, I'd go with Facebook every time.

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Re:Ask HN: What is it like to work at Facebook in your 40s (... by fallingknife on Thursday August 19, 2021 @02:57PM (#28237821)
Sorry, but drug screening is a completely valid and necessary safety measure for many professions, including anyone who works with heavy machinery or industrial equipment. Most jobs are not in silicon valley, and people can be hurt or killed when an employee shows up intoxicated.
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Re:Ask HN: What is it like to work at Facebook in your 40s (... by boring_twenties on Thursday August 19, 2021 @03:29PM (#28238242)
Drug tests of the sort performed by LabCorp don't test whether an employee is showing up to work intoxicated. And they don't apply only to those professions where it's valid and/or necessary, but to pretty much any where the employer feels they can get away with it.
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Re:Ask HN: What is it like to work at Facebook in your 40s (... by RhysU on Thursday August 19, 2021 @06:11PM (#28239993)
Why would an employer test employees, at the company's cost, unless they felt like it was in the company's long-term financial or regulatory interests?
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Re:Ask HN: What is it like to work at Facebook in your 40s (... by alsoicode on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @10:07AM (#28289025)
We actually do randomized tests for intoxication of employees
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Re:Ask HN: What is it like to work at Facebook in your 40s (... by wccrawford on Friday August 20, 2021 @05:15AM (#28244185)
I just looked at your jobs list on your web site, and when you select "IT", you get a lot of non-IT jobs like Phlebotomist and Accounts Receivable Specialist. I think if you want people to take you seriously, you should fix that.
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Re:Ask HN: What is it like to work at Facebook in your 40s (... by 41209 on Thursday August 19, 2021 @02:35PM (#28237520)
Is your pay competitive with Facebook.

I know if I ever get an opportunity to work at a FAANG I'm selling my soul until my stock options vest and then I'll try to retire abroad.

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