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Did you end up hiring the person? Do you feel like working there significantly damaged their career prospects?

I have Friends and Family at Symantec right now, and they are all very worried what the potential FCC violations could to their resumes.

They are specifically in Finance, but also weren't aware of any of the current news items.

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Not the OP, but I have also interviewed and hired ex-Theranos engineers. I don't think it damaged their career prospects. So long as they can talk about the normal things you talk about at an interview they'll be fine.

I feel like most people recognize that given the huge number of employees, most working there are genuinely good, competent people who got caught up in a bad situation. No reason to hold that against them.

I know people that worked there and having Theranos on their resume caused them to not get an interview at at least one company.

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