LinkedOut

The dossier drawer

Public-trope satire about well-known employers. Not a leak, not a lawsuit, not your manager’s opinion.

Walk-away score

90

Run.

X

4 flags

The everything app, in progress · San Francisco, CA

The feed is the product. So is the plot twist.

Walk-away score

88

Run.

Goldman Sachs

4 flags

Finance, but make it a fortress · New York, NY

The hours are the interview, indefinitely.

Walk-away score

86

Run.

Tesla

4 flags

Cars, batteries, and late-night posts · Austin, TX

Mission-driven. Sleep-optional. Twitter-adjacent.

Walk-away score

84

Update the résumé first.

McKinsey

4 flags

Advice at altitude · New York, NY

The slide is the product. The night is the process.

Walk-away score

81

Update the résumé first.

Amazon

4 flags

Everything store + cloud tax · Seattle, WA

Customer obsession is real. The customer just isn’t you.

Walk-away score

78

Update the résumé first.

Netflix

4 flags

Streaming and infamous slides · Los Gatos, CA

Adequate performance gets a generous severance.

Walk-away score

76

Update the résumé first.

OpenAI

4 flags

Frontier models and board-meeting folklore · San Francisco, CA

History is happening. So is the group chat.

Walk-away score

73

Update the résumé first.

Meta

4 flags

Social graph + VR optimism · Menlo Park, CA

Move fast. Break the group chat. Write a memo about community.

Walk-away score

71

Negotiate like you mean it.

Uber

4 flags

Rides, eats, and unit economics · San Francisco, CA

Always three reorganizations away from the real Uber.

Walk-away score

69

Negotiate like you mean it.

Apple

4 flags

Secrecy, aluminum, and keynotes · Cupertino, CA

The product is beautiful. The org chart is a clean room.

Walk-away score

64

Negotiate like you mean it.

Google

4 flags

Search, ads, and 40 abandoned chat apps · Mountain View, CA

The campus is gorgeous. Your project’s lifespan is not.

Walk-away score

62

Negotiate like you mean it.

Salesforce

4 flags

Cloud CRM and conference keynotes · San Francisco, CA

Ohana means family. Family means offsites.

Walk-away score

61

Negotiate like you mean it.

NVIDIA

4 flags

GPUs and keynote leather jackets · Santa Clara, CA

The most important company in AI still has a hardware calendar.

Walk-away score

57

Proceed with snacks and skepticism.

Airbnb

4 flags

Travel, belonging, and host tickets · San Francisco, CA

Belong anywhere. Work from a well-designed HQ.

Walk-away score

55

Proceed with snacks and skepticism.

Stripe

4 flags

Payments infrastructure and elegant docs · South San Francisco, CA

The API is tasteful. The pace is a daily choice.

Walk-away score

48

Proceed with snacks and skepticism.

Microsoft

4 flags

Enterprise gravity well · Redmond, WA

It ships. It integrates. It has a review cycle.