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- Which class rules each company? Who predominantly makes the decisions at each company? I’ll start: - Google: Eng - Facebook: Product - Apple: Design - Amazon: Product - Microsoft: Eng …? #tech #faang
- vote Which auto company will rule 10 years from now? With more and more companies rolling out EVs, it seems like the TSLA party may not last long.#auto
- "The No Asshole Rule". Which company has the best organizational leadership and lowest toxicity? I'm reading the book "The No Asshole Rule" by Robert Sutton. It is certainly thought provoking and makes me reflect on my experience at Microsoft and the existence of 'Assholes', as well as Microsoft's reactions to dealing with assholes within the workplace. Assholes can be a real drag on morale a
- Are companies hiring H1B candidates due to new wage rules ? TC: 220k YoE: 3
- Because of new h1b rules -> what companies are doing for immediate extensions, transfers I heard one of the company put hold on verbal offer and not sending official offer which they were suppose to send on Last Wednesday. First, they didn’t replied and then on Friday sent email that your offer is on hold because of new h1b rules. #workvisa #h1b
- What is the unpoken rule behind candidate screening in unicorn companies? I applied to Airfable for their product designer position a few days ago, and got a reject email today. Then I went up on Linkedin checked on all the designers working there and all of them graduated from priviledge schools (MIT,RISD etc). Not trying to be sour here, just want to know if there are
- H1B New rules - Any transfer / extension affected? What is your company lawyers saying? Any one got stuck in LCA process after oct 8 ? What’s your legal immigration team saying?
- link What's the general rule of thumb for designer's TC compared to engineer at the same level and company? Hi, Seems to me that for us designers there isn't as much TC info on Blind or levels.fyi as engineers. How do you estimate TC range for designers at the same company & level? #design #tc
- vote Which pre IPO company is properly valued? Reddit, Discord, Brex, Chime, Stripe Databricks, Airtable, Figma Note: I only listed companies that are still kinda reasonable and pay well, that's why I ruled out Bolt, instacart, etc. TC: 400K after stock crash YOE: 8
- Remote work for visa holders I recently converted my role to a 100% remote role by using Microsoft’s Hybrid work policy. I am in H1B work visa and there is rule to stay close to 50 miles of your LCA location. Recently I found out I can’t work from my home country even if my work is 100% remote. I contacted HR and they mentioned
- Elon Musk and Remote Work at Twitter Assume EM takes over Twitter and rules with iron fist. Attrition will likely spike due to anti-musk sentiment. According to Blind employees are already interviewing elsewhere (but who on Blind isn’t LOL). Employees with dissenting voices might be culled. Will EM risk even more attrition by canceli
- Why Do People Care if Musk Buys Twitter? See a lot of rage on Twitter and Reddit Why do people care so much of musk buys Twitter? Also I see a lot of people saying free speech is for the government only and that Twitter is a private platform that doesn't have to abide by those rules - I agree with both of those statements, but if Twitter
- Which company’s offers could last for 6-12months? Looking for companies have offers that I can push a start date 6-12 months out (except Google, FB). If so, is it a company-wide rule? Or team/manager dependent that you have to negotiate for a late start date? Thanks!
- link Impact of Prop 22 Ruling on Instacart Hi, I’m curious what Instacart folks feel the impact will be on the company from the prop 22 ruling yesterday: https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2021/8/21/22635286/judge-rules-california-prop-22-gig-workers-law-unconstitutional
- Title Maximization If a staff FAANG engineer wanted to maximize for title, what’s the best they could achieve? Director, Snr Director, CTO at smaller, less interesting companies? Ruling out companies with less than 50 employees. What say you?
- link Travis's Sex Rules Email Discuss! https://www.recode.net/2017/6/8/15765514/2013-miami-letter-uber-ceo-kalanick-employees-sex-rules-company-celebration
- vote Will you jump ship if Google and Facebook are deemed monopolies and be required to break up? Apple is not a monopoly according to court ruling today. For Googlers and FBers, will you consider leaving if your company (Google/Facebook) is ruled to be a monopoly and must be broken up? We know how these litigations impacted Microsoft.
- link Elon Musk is working at the CA factory "Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules. I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me." https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1259945593805221891 "Yes, California approved, but an unelected county official illegally overrode.
- Best workstation on Blind Who has the best, most overpowered workstation here? Rules: 1. Must be company-provided 2. No virtual hardware 3. Peripherals are taken into consideration TC: 185 YoE: 4 THC: 125mg
- Least woke tech companies What are the best companies to work for with the best TC with employees that leave their politics and activism at home? The FAANGs are ruled out.
- Thoughts on recent tiktok news? Would bytedance be forced to sell tiktok to Us company?#tiktok https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/02/tiktok-biden-administration-rules/
- Immigrants let's go back. Fuck H1B. So many rules everyday. Let's just say fuck it and create a movement to shift out companies offices to other locations. Singapore, Canada, Europe.
- Netflix - unique culture What is this hype around the culture of Netflix? The book about Netflix - No Rules Rules is being posted and recommend on linkedin by its members every day. Can culture of the company really impact the productivity of workers that much? Or its more about CEO of Netflix being a visionary, not that
- Can We Give Mock Interviews For Our Company? Or is it against rules? This is to help others who want to interview with our company.
- H1b visa transfer - changing jobs With the new rule of H1b processing not having premium processing , is it wise now to switch companies ?
- Trading company stocks via ETFs, robo trading Many companies have rules that prohibit buying or selling company stocks outside the quaterly trading window. Does this rule also apply when you buy ETFs and those ETFs internally have holdings in your company? Or when you use robo trading tools like Wealthfront or Ally.\ These investment apps may
- vote Best working place Which company has the best working place ? Because some companies have this wired rules of not making eye contact considering it as sexual harassment etc
- FAANG Interview Limit Do any of the FAANG, Microsoft, or Unicorn companies have a limit to how many times you can interview with them? I've read that Google has a rule that you can only do an onsite (not including phone interviews) with them at most 3 times for the same position. Is this true? Do any of the other compani
- Harvard MBA while at FAANG Which of the FAANG and similar companies help sponsor MBA at Harvard? What are the rules? me: SDE II at Amazon
- H1B transfer or Perm post Oct 8th new wage rule? Title. Did anyone apply or know of anyone who applied for a h1 transfer or perm? How different are companies handling this new rule? #offer #h1b
- Employee I had an employee that defied the operational rules. We are a smaller company, 7 employees currently, how should I proceed?
- vote Lyft Confidence Lyft employees, how do you feel about the recent challenges (COVID, judge ruling,...), and whats your confidence level about the company and your job? Considering an offer. thanks for your inputs.
- Any recent H1b transfer or extn approval ? Did anyone recently got offer and transferred h1b or h1b extn based on new wage requirement ? If yes, what was the experience? Does your company adjusted your salary based on new rule ?
- vote 6 feet At the first glance she looks crazy, however she just asks to follow the rule about 6 feet. Similar way the government requires vaccination from the companies. https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/qmwl6b/lady_wants_the_whole_isle_to_shop_in_and_nobody/
- Thanks Trump for the new DOL H1-B wage rules I would like to thank Trump for the new DOL wage rules where H-1B wages have to be increased by 30-50% depending on the level. My H-1B is up for renewal and since the company did not want to fire me, I got a 30% hike. I was already making more than my peers who are US citizens and as a side effect o
- Is CA based company legally required to provide an experience letter to its ex-employees? Is there a legal rule that requires a company to provide an experience letter to its ex employee if requested? Thanks!
- vote [POLL] It’s Official - Elon has taken over Twitter Twitter Inc. on Monday accepted Elon Musk’s bid to take over the company, giving the world’s richest man control over the influential social-media network where he is also among its most powerful users. The deal marks the close of a dramatic courtship and a sharp change of heart at Twitter, where m
- Lie about competing offers. Why not? In US, I think it’s a rule that companies cannot ask for proof like offer letter etc. Why don’t y’all lie? Is it morals or am I missing something. Thanks
- link EU Policy A Money Grab Every time I take a look at European News, I see the EU pushing more regulation targeting Meta, Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft. In reading through a recent article, I saw that the EU is taking up to 0.05% of annual worldwide revenue from these companies to “monitor” them and I think it’s absol
- Join Meta when there are 25 months of OPT/stem OPT left I recently passed the virtual onsite interview of Meta. When knowing I have 25 months left on OPT, the recruiter asked me: “Can you apply for other companies?” I asked my friends who work in Meta to help me and they found me two teams to match, my recruiter is extremely unhappy about it. I know the
- Paternity leave duration and pay % What's the paternity leave duration at your company? Does it cover 100% of pay or something lower like 60%? Didn't call it parental leave because certain companies have different rules for maternity and paternity leaves. TC: 150 Yoe: 7 #hrissues #benefits
- Which companies continue to vest shares after leaving? Microsoft has a 15/55 rule - meaning if you work for the company at least 15 years and are over the age of 55 then the company will continue to vest shares after you leave. What other companies do something like this, and what are the requirements?
- Join new company on H1B My h1b is until 2023, so now if i move to another company, will the new wage rule affect my H1B transfer? #workvisa #h1b
- Successful accepted exemption for vax? Anyone fully remote in tech companies out there have their exemptions from covid vax accepted? Rejected? Live in a state with less strict rules and fully remote, not going into an office but it seems the new corporate policy includes all employees in US only regardless of whether or not you go in
- H1B visa new rules : Who is going to challenge it? I see the rules for new minimum wage meaning anyone with masters and couple of years of experience would make 208k in Bay area. I don't see any law firm or companies speaking against this? Are we going to allow this? Will people be fired?
- vote Do employers really hold grudges? As a general rule, if you renege on an offer for a better offer elsewhere, will the company you rejected actually blacklist you?
- Business travel rules What are the travel guidelines/rules at your company? When do you qualify for business/first class? What about booking hotels or renting a car?
- What happens if you trade company options(even a single option) through Robinhood A friend of mine(working a lets say X company) recently traded(and lost money) on an call option(of his company) via Robinhood. Is that person violate insider trading rule? If yes, what’s the best course of action now?
- vote Corporate unspoken rules are not that different from mafia/gang rules Despite all the smoke screens with wokeness and everything. These rules still apply: 1. Loyalty above everything 2. Company always side with manager 3. People spreading news negatively impacting the company are risked being managed out 4. Backstabbing between coworkers 5.Retaliation after filing c
- vote Is it okay for me to have two H1-B filings? Got my small company to file for h1-b and then accepted a new offer the following week and they applied for one as well. Just wanted to confirm if this okay as per the new duplicated checker rules and if I need to have the old company withdraw my application. #tech #h1b