Thread by @ChloeCondon

🤨 @fast recently pulled an offer from my friend. Personally, I'm not a fan.

https://twitter.com/domm/status/1367898035959652354

Like, offer signed- 2 weeks notice at previous job given. I'd love an explanation, cuz I'm pissed.

This would have been their first job in tech (from a non-tech background). Imagine getting offered a life changing amount of money in an offer, giving your 2 weeks on a Friday, and waking up on email with a revoked offer on Monday.

This ain't it, @fast. Do better.

Anyway, if you're hiring an entry level/jr technical writer/evangelist/dev advocate, shoot me a DM and I'll send it to them. ❤️ In the meantime, maybe don't apply to @fast ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Any thoughts here @PeterGrassi1? I've been fuming over this for a week. 😤😡

This should never be anyone's 1st experience in tech.

https://twitter.com/domm/status/1367898040535687168?s=19

Not to mention, no real explanation was given for pulling the offer.

They were so excited for this 1st job in tech. Got to see their face light up when they found out they could leave their high school teaching job & start a new career in tech. Now they're unemployed. Wtf @fast?

Plz stop suggesting they take legal action. As I mentioned, they are now unemployed from a teaching job due to giving 2 weeks, so this is not feasible at this time.

Like imagine learning to code (self taught), applying for jobs, getting this offer, signing it, giving 2 weeks, planning your life, and BOOM.

Thankful they have me/this thread to see reactions cuz if that was my introduction to the tech world? I'd leave FAST, @fast 🏃‍♀️👀

In conclusion, actions speak louder than words, @domm.

Best of luck finding your top talent 🚮🗑️🔥👀

Hurting my friend emotionally/financially, only hiring an echo chamber of referrals/top university students, and touting diversity/inclusion efforts that I don't see put into action? I'm good, @fast.

Early in my own career, I had an offer pulled. I was privileged enough to have mentors + a partner to tell me this was a red flag/not my fault.

Imagine folks who don't have that luxury: new to tech, unfamiliar with the landscape of hiring.

So fucked 🚩🚩

https://twitter.com/ChloeCondon/status/1279128748365766657?s=19

Wasn't gonna say anything publicly about this, but when I see folks in tech showboating rOcKsTaR hIrInG practices like this at their company in a long boastful twitter thread, I can't stay silent. 🗑️🚮🔥

Do better @domm + @fast 😐

Life comes at you @fast 👀

Don't fuck with my friends. 🔥😡

I don't think there is really a way for @domm @abarrallen @PeterGrassi1 and @fast to apologize here to my friend (the damage is done, and my friend is now unemployed), but I hope they learn from this and do better in the future.

Please do better going forward.

We talk a lot about diversity + inclusion in terms of gender + race, but touting that you only hire the top talent from universities + top companies? That's pretty exclusionary to self-taught/non-traditional background folks without the luxury of learning of CS early in life.

Please don't pull any more offers, and consider reevaluating your hiring practices to be more inclusive. I'm sure you've seen all your quote RTs thus far @domm, but something about all of this smells rotten here. 😬

Yikes

https://twitter.com/developerayo/status/1368646590068625408?s=19

There's not a lot that can be done here. If they were to offer my friend a job at this point, I'm sure they'd decline. 😕

I'd recommend that @fast invest in putting together an apprenticeship program to help support and mentor non-traditional/jr candidates. But this takes time.

But in the meantime, an actual explanation/apology to my friend would be nice. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Thanks to all who have sent along job opportunities- I will forward them along. ❤️

https://twitter.com/domm/status/1365450496534667268?s=19

This was also just brought to my attention 😳

https://twitter.com/codehakase/status/1368668462713872392?s=19

The plot doth thicken 😳

https://twitter.com/edemkumodzi/status/1368922622084325376?s=19

Imagine hiring someone for a role that specializes in working with the developer community, rescinding their offer, and not thinking this would get out to the developer community somehow. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Quick note: I have not mentioned my friend + mentee's gender and y'all are saying "she" a lot in the comments.

A friendly reminder that women can mentor men + non-binary folks as well 🙃

For historical purposes, I think its important to note that we are in the middle of a global panera. 😷

You rescinded an offer from a high school teacher leaving their teaching job during COVID times @domm @PeterGrassi1 @abarrallen... this ain't it. Please do better.