He is doing a piece about the departure of our founder and the subsequent exodus of engineers. I was part of that exodus and had a pretty negative experience. I can't see any advantage to talking about it though.
by coralreef on 5/5/17, 7:58 PM
Devil's advocate: if the place was bad enough, you could save potential hires a lot of time and pain.
by blakdawg on 5/5/17, 6:23 PM
Sounds like lots of downside risk and very little/no upside for you.
by zhte415 on 5/6/17, 9:12 AM
Write it down and save it up into a book you might write one day.
Even if you have no idea of writing a book now, writing it down now would probably encapsulate a bunch of details that will have faded years from now. And at that point you'd be in a good position to decide to share it or not.
by siegel on 5/6/17, 2:09 AM
A vindictive employer could sue you for defamation. I really don't see why you'd take that risk.
Does the company have Glassdoor reviews? Are those reflective of your experience? If so, then there's a warning to new hires out there already, at least.
by lsiebert on 5/5/17, 6:12 PM
You can ask them to keep your name out of it as a condition of talking to them.
by DamonHD on 5/5/17, 4:46 PM
I wouldn't, in case someone not liking what you've said has money and chooses to get legally unpleasant. Years hence, you'll have a fund of after-dinner stories to tell instead.
by pryelluw on 5/5/17, 6:49 PM
No, dont do it. Never talk to the press about anything negative. It will come back to haunt you.
by danieltillett on 5/6/17, 9:54 PM
Only ever talk to the press if the alternative of not talking will be worse.