The Worst Job At Google: a Year of Watching Terrible Things On the Internet 535
Cutting_Crew writes "Gizmodo has called attention to a story that describes the worst job you can get at Google: wading through and blocking objectionable content, which includes watching decapitations and beastiality. A ex-Google-employee who did just that tells his own story of a year-long stint of looking at the most horrible things on the internet. In the end, he needed therapy, and since he was a contractor, he was let go instead of being hired as a full time employee."
Every... (Score:1, Funny)
corporate windows user experiences the same or worse each day,
praying for a quick end to it all...
Lightweight (Score:5, Funny)
This guy gets paid to do what 4chaners happily do for free and he complains about needing therapy. .. On the other hand, I smell a crowd source opportunity.
Fap.. (Score:1, Funny)
Are they hiring?
Re:As the actual submitter I'll post my thought... (Score:3, Funny)
Porn only effects people when contraception fails
Re:Lightweight (Score:5, Funny)
This guy gets paid to do what 4chaners happily do for free and he complains about needing therapy. .. On the other hand, I smell a crowd source opportunity.
You'd hire a 4channer to figure out what is objectionable?
Captcha: suicide ... et tu /.
He was let go? (Score:5, Funny)
In the end, he needed therapy, and since he was a contractor, he was let go instead of being hired as a full time employee.
Since Google doesn't do bad things, it was obviously his fault.
Re:Cue the obligatory goatse jokes in 3...2...1 (Score:5, Funny)
Wanted: Individual to wade through the most depraved and terrible consequences of human imaginations known to man.
Requirements: Must be completely emotionless and unsympathetic to the human condition. Robots are preferred but not required. A J.D., M.B.A. or experience in government is also a plus.
Compensation: Competitive
Re:Lightweight (Score:5, Funny)
You'd hire a 4channer to figure out what is objectionable?
Sure, you just measure the time taken to view the image. If it's long enough to masturbate, it's objectionable.
Admission test (Score:2, Funny)
Another tough job (Score:5, Funny)
Spare a thought for all those poor people at Comedy Central who have to watch Fox News all day in search of comedy material for Jon Stewart.
Re:Cue the obligatory goatse jokes in 3...2...1 (Score:5, Funny)
Well, they never said, "Don't watch evil, did they?
Re:Cue the obligatory goatse jokes in 3...2...1 (Score:5, Funny)
Preference given to former US Congressmen or Senators. Seniority status a plus.
Yahoo used to (Score:5, Funny)
Re:On the other hand, I can see contracting this o (Score:5, Funny)
isn't that employee on employee violence?