1. Why do you have to be so rude? Maybe this isn’t intentional, but your words are mocking and insulting. Do you actually think you could change someone’s mind spouting off like that? If so, you don’t understand humans. If not, that comment was a giant waste of time.
2. If the way you spoke to this person represents how you wish to conduct yourself, perhaps it would be wise to remove the ‘we’re hiring’ on your profile. I’m not looking, but if I was, I would avoid your company based on this comment.
That comment didn't really read as any more rude than your own, IMO. Maybe you're just responding to rudeness with rudeness, though, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt there.
Yeah, you’re right, I wasn’t my usual self. I’d edit it to soften my words, but then your comment will lose its value and I’d rather not do that to you.
If I could point out one thing that separates our accounts, I don’t use this account to recruit or advertise. I have an email address in my profile because I mostly like talking to interesting people about interesting things. That’s not an excuse for my reply - my reply was complete bullshit. But, my reply might have been a little closer to my usual self if I used this account for something else.
Thanks for your comment. You’re right about me. I was wrong.
You're not necessarily wrong to evaluate the GP's company based on the GP's views. HN is one of those weird grey areas where lots of people implicitly represent the companies for which they work (and don't do the normal "the views expressed herein are not representative of $COMPANY") without necessarily realizing it. While I don't believe the comment was particularly out of line, I can see why others would disagree, and I do agree that caution is worthwhile in the absence of an explicit disconnect between one's own opinions and those of one's employer.
I will, of course, say right now that my own views are not representative of my employer's views (hell, my views tend to be the precise opposite of my employer's views at times ;) ).
I agree with hluska. I also found numbsafari's comment unnecessarily rude and flippant. I'm sure Bainbridge Health would not appreciate being represented like that in a public forum.
1. Why do you have to be so rude? Maybe this isn’t intentional, but your words are mocking and insulting. Do you actually think you could change someone’s mind spouting off like that? If so, you don’t understand humans. If not, that comment was a giant waste of time.
2. If the way you spoke to this person represents how you wish to conduct yourself, perhaps it would be wise to remove the ‘we’re hiring’ on your profile. I’m not looking, but if I was, I would avoid your company based on this comment.