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bonemachine | 12 years ago

Why of course -- a certain percent get "counseled out of the organization", according to widespread reports.

That's part of the reason why they call it "bootcamp."

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bananagrams|12 years ago

The only place I've heard of this was from an article that was copied and pasted around the internet. Do you know this for sure?

bonemachine|12 years ago

The article I saw copied and pasted everywhere was a blogpost from someone who went through the bootcamp process (whether this person made it through or not, I'm not sure).

And actually, I specifically remembered the "counseled out of the organization" line as a sign that FB -- unlike many tech companies -- is actually tactful and respectful when it comes to letting people go for performance reasons (at least that stage in the process.