A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit

Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit by txru on Thursday June 16, 2022 @05:19PM (#31771101)

I believe the parent is referring more to referral/promo networks.

For a positive example, I knew one of my senior managers basically brought 15 people from his previous company, to the point where a comfortable majority of people under him were from the company.

This can be nefarious when the network arises from abusive or unhealthy environments.

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Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit by bawolff on Friday June 17, 2022 @02:54AM (#31774911)

While that may be bad, it is rediculous to call that a cult.

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Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit by txru on Friday June 17, 2022 @02:41PM (#31782525)

Yeah it's pretty hyperbolic

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Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit by mtlguitarist on Thursday June 16, 2022 @05:34PM (#31771271)

Is this really a positive thing? It creates in-groups and decreases diversity. Sure, it makes hiring easier but this is exactly how you end up with old boys clubs.

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Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit by txru on Thursday June 16, 2022 @11:02PM (#31773709)

In this case the result was positive, and it netted the company a very productive team. That type of situation is definitely risky though

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Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit by chasd00 on Thursday June 16, 2022 @06:00PM (#31771524)

this happens a lot in consulting. Someone in leadership leaves for another firm and is tasked to start building. Then they call up all their old aces and bring them over fleshing out Sr positions and then the new guys fill in with their aces and so on. It's a small world in some ways.

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