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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Y’all should know this is exactly how McKinsey is ran as well. They advise the biggest governments & companies in the world, and it’s mostly staffed by sociopathic, fresh-faced, inexperienced college grads.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

From TFA:

"One, a senior adviser to the director, is a 21-year-old whose online resume touts his work for Palantir," per Wired, while another "who reports directly to Scales, graduated from high school in 2024." A copy of the latter's resume include his summer internship with Musk's Neuralink, alongside jobs as — we assure you that we are not joking — a camp counselor and bike mechanic.

Can you imagine the damage to those kids' careers when the dust settles after the collapse of the American reich, when their resume reads:

  • 2021-2024: high school
  • Summer of 2024: camp counselor
  • Autumn of 2024: bike mechanic
  • 2025 -: destruction of the United States

Kinda hard to find a jobs with a resume like that...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 14 hours ago

I started working on bicycles at 5 years old.

Apparently I'm qualified to do [redacted] things...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago

Did Nestle also go under?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

In other words, they are hiring incels

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 hours ago

They're grooming yes men who'll owe them their careers, offer unconditional loyalty, and they'll have 100% control over.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I hope they’re getting paid minimum wage.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

With no weekends, and 14-16 hour "ultra hardcore" workdays.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

I would too, but you just know that they'll be running a department in 18months and trying to hire 42 year old professionals for less than their own wages