sandsurfngbomber t1_iyex0bq wrote on November 30, 2022 at 9:51 PM

Reply to comment by chesterpower in Twitter tells High Court it has restored Dublin-based senior executive to her position by ThatGuy98_

Know a lot of engineering grads from a top US aerospace college - this is valid. Even with all the wildness around Musk and his companies, they would still accept an offer from Tesla/SpaceX in a heartbeat. The simple reason is that these are very competitive places to get hired and work. Everyone knows it's long hours, burnouts, ridiculous management etc. But everyone wants to go there because after 1-2 years the exit opportunities lead to very good positions at other top firms.

It's the same as finance people wanting to work at banks that are known to be sweatshops. Investment banks, private equity will work you 80+ hours/week. But they still have tens of thousands of applicants per position because everyone knows if you can survive it your life is set.

The only thing that changes here if having these names on a resume can hurt your future chances. Then competitive students/entry-level applicants will steer clear. Till then, these companies will not have a shortage of top grads lining up for interviews.

chesterpower t1_iyezp33 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 10:10 PM

This is the comment I responded to:

> His established companies are consistently ranked the top two places to work. At least for engineers.

I don’t doubt that students would perceive two of the most well known companies in their fields to be top employment opportunities. I don’t doubt that those jobs lead to better future employment opportunities either.

I do doubt that they are consistently ranked as the top places to work at by current or past employees, and the source provided gives no evidence to back up that claim.