"To write this review I read up a bit. A cult is where the members pledge allegiance to its leader and follow them blindly. This company is the exact opposite of a cult."

"A week after joining, it was clear that everything written in the negative reviews were true and it only got worse."

"I still have some colleagues left who are still coming to terms of their unemployability just because of their association with the company"

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 19, 2019, 22:52

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 19, 2019, 22:52

Jul 19, 2019, 22:52

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

workplace abuse

Sample review titles:

A just why moment
A company in its last days..hopefully
A toxic workplace in a declining path

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 19, 2019, 22:50

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 19, 2019, 22:50

Jul 19, 2019, 22:50

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

workplace abuse

Every once in a while, I get new reviews for company that ran the worst tech interviews I've ever experienced.

Ever single new review gives me great pleasure for not being hired there.

https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-ViewLift-EI_IE1024413.11,19.htm

**orthogonal to alive** · Jul 19, 2019, 21:21

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**melissa is on monads** @melissasage@radical.town · Jul 19, 2019, 21:21

Jul 19, 2019, 21:21

melissa is on monads @melissasage@radical.town

like, I can go on for a long time. But I guess my point is:

Not only are you not immune to propaganda, you're already infected. So is everyone you know and respect.

When you're confronted with new information, or information that sounds counterintuitive or goes against what you think you know about the world, it's worth taking a step back and not rejecting it out-of-hand. Check your work, as always- lord knows that there's a lot of bad information out there- but be open to the idea that you've been propagandized.

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 23:04

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 23:04

Jul 18, 2019, 23:04

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

Eye contact, fabulous felines

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 21:48

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 21:48

Jul 18, 2019, 21:48

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

The first part of my writing career was, basically, "I answer random-ass questions from random-ass people, for a company many people think no longer exists!"

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 21:37

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 21:37

Jul 18, 2019, 21:37

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

I don't work at AOL, though that would be pretty wild, huh?

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 21:34

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 21:34

Jul 18, 2019, 21:34

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

I've been writing professionally off and on for 10 years, been on this job for 3 months, and I still feel brand new even though in a startup I'd be practically team lead.

Maybe it's because there are people here who've been at the company since before American Online CDs.

**orthogonal to alive** · Jul 18, 2019, 20:13

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**Harp the Wigglytuff** @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 20:13

Jul 18, 2019, 20:13

Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

political conspiracy theory that might just be regular theory with how things are going these days

i wonder how many of the area 51 memes are from or promoted by russian trolls, who are glad to have the idea of direct action against government facilities (to free innocents, even) made into a wholly ridiculous concept while trump keeps kids in cages

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 19:20

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 19:20

Jul 18, 2019, 19:20

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

Brindle is a very good word.

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 19:07

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 19:07

Jul 18, 2019, 19:07

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

I kind of love that it's 2019 and Julian Casablancas is so committed to his singing into a telephone aesthetic that he still sounds like he's singing into a telephone.