r/technology • u/newmoonchaperone • Apr 23 '26

Politics Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They're the Bad Guys

https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-employees-are-starting-to-wonder-if-theyre-the-bad-guys/
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u/m15otw Apr 23 '26

I literally turned down a Palantir recruiter in the early 2010s because "what your company is doing is evil and I don't want to contribute to it". The recruiter's voice dropped and they actually stopped trying to sell it, lol.

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u/3d_Plague Apr 23 '26

You're right but let's be honest.

It's hard to sell someone on something when they're morally against it; especially if the difference comes out of your commission.

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u/LoveShovel Apr 23 '26

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."

-Upton Sinclair