Yeaaahhhh. I'll work for you. When I have low, low self-respect.

[elfs]

I got a phone call today from an in-house recruiter. She had read my LinkedIn profile and my professional website, and she was completely sure that I was a perfect fit for her company. Really. She sent me an email telling me that I should leave Spiral (!) and come work for, and I quote, "an exciting new social networking technology company dedicated to the fusion of retail, social, and mobile! The brightest technologists and businesspeople in the industy! You'll have limitless opportunities with us!"

You know who she was shilling for?

WalMart.

Yeah.

Hmm. Keep working for a company that will actually break the processing time barrier for genetic sequencing... or work for a company that depends upon American's willingness to be cheap and China's willingness to resemble one vast Triangle Shirtwaist factory?

I'll keep my self-respect, thank you.

Comments

[dr-memory.livejournal.com]

Heh, let me guess: "Walmart Labs"? They tried that one on me too. *shudder*

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Yeah. And they've been pretty pushy. I can't imagine what kind of lab that's gonna be.

[shockwave77598.livejournal.com]

yyyyyeaaahhhhh.

Tell her that Walmart can get cheap ass programmers qualified to do a cheap ass Walmart quality of work from the same place they get everything else -- China.