>Do silicon valley companies not screen for intensity of political views during job interviews in order to prevent issues like this? [...] It would seem like it would be better for business to just not let people join the organization if they're relatively likely to one day go on a moral crusade.
That sounds likely to cause a lot of employee blowback, and negative news articles somewhat similar to this one.
I can see the headline now: "[Tech company] wants employees to be sheep" "Afraid of fallout from whistleblowers who report all the bad things it does, [tech company] has put measures in place to prevent job candidates with any morals from being hired."
Who would be the ones doing this? Currently regular employees are the ones conducting interviews. Would there be required interview questions along these lines?
In fact, there was just recently a thread about hiring (YC company filed for IPO) and the comments were filled with less aware interviewers arguing about a je ne sais quoi about candidates. This is WHY there's a rubric and the question is silly whiteboard algorithm questions. The alternative is shit like "so how pregnant are you" which is illegal, and judging candidates on "gut" and it turns out that hinders your company.
That sounds likely to cause a lot of employee blowback, and negative news articles somewhat similar to this one.
I can see the headline now: "[Tech company] wants employees to be sheep" "Afraid of fallout from whistleblowers who report all the bad things it does, [tech company] has put measures in place to prevent job candidates with any morals from being hired."
Who would be the ones doing this? Currently regular employees are the ones conducting interviews. Would there be required interview questions along these lines?