When I’m hiring I don’t care what anyone’s skin color is, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin/ immigration status ect. But I do consider. veterans preference. Why? Because there’s a long list of things you’re born with, that other people can have and others can’t. There’s only one that’s earned. Is this correct? #google #tech #meta #tesla #amazon #apple #netflix
Most veterans didn't see any action, they were deployed for taking care of logistics and stuff. Those who saw some action are either broken with PTSD, or they are psychos. Either way, at the end of the day, they are just mercenaries working for some big corp who lobbied the government to either acquire resources (oil) or just make money selling weapons. Fuck them for their service.
Sounding like a DEI hire who doesn’t realize their own delusion. What’s with the self-hate here? In other news…
So many negative comments by Microsoft employees. It is indicative of its b-level hiring over the past 15 years.
Even this is retarded
@OP: Multiple points worth addressing: 1. Terrorist attacks on the US mainland. Most people don’t realize that if we don’t hunt the bad guys where they live, they eventually do attack. See Paris and many other events. 2. The word “Veteran” has too many negative connotations and political bias attached to it. You can’t do anything with a “Thank you for your service”. Can’t buy a house or groceries with a thank you. Further, a lot of cities and towns associate veterans with homelessness. And the list goes on. I’m a Veteran, but I never bring it up and it is not on my resume or LinkedIn.
I didn’t realize how many people hate and discriminate against veterans until now. Look at these vile comments, wow.
I realized this a long time ago. “Veteran” is more of a label than any sort of helpful category. Enjoy the VA benefits and lifetime payments, but otherwise no need to bring it up. I don’t want to be hired because I’m a veteran lol. That has nothing to do with my experience and expertise. Imo anyway.
Merit is the only criteria that matters. If you're not hiring the most competent person for the job, your competitors will be.
Correct. Being a veteran is the only form of merit that’s related to DEI. Everything else you don’t earn.
merit is impossible to measure though. that's why meritocracy doesn't exist. every measurement you use will be biased in some way and favor some group of people. Right now, most quant positions strongly favor people from rich families and those that go to good schools. Why aren't any quant firms hiring people without degrees or from schools that no one has ever heard of? Because they don't care about diversity, unlike many other tech companies, where you can get a job with just a bootcamp.
OP, I agree 100%. Veterans have served their country and deserve an edge in getting an interview. Veterans also know how to work well in teams and several other transferrable skills they learned in the military.
+1. Many people nowadays are still behaving like children in their 30s. I didn’t see a veteran showing any symptoms of infantilism yet.
No one owes anything to anyone. Veterans are just glorified mercenaries. coincidentally you both are on the same side if not you’d just call them insurgents. People should stop feeling proud of imaginary lines on the planet and their choice of imaginary people in the sky.
Veteran here. Reading some of the comments on this thread makes me wish we had a draft. Not like back when we had one, where you could get a deferment for any reason. A real draft, your number comes up and you go.
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Veterans are the most maladapted, maladjusted, whiny, entitled group of individuals I have ever worked with despite having dramatically more resources and social "clout" than the average person. The vast majority of them cannot fathom that they're no longer in the military and cant treat people the way they want or be disrespectful for no reason. its harder to adjust a veteran to corporate life than a normal person and a good percentage of them will never choose to adjust, source: OFS veteran, directly work with a veteran outreach group.
Brutal.
We have an obligation to them, they have a right to be entitled they earned it. They are broken like that because they served. You’re focusing on a lot of negatives and you don’t realize the positives that most veterans have. Work ethic, mindset and discipline. Something most people don’t have, it’s instilled in vets.