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In this particular case, I think it's worth it even it is self serving. The advent of cheap online background checks has added to the already difficult task of getting a job if you're a felon. Any publicity around hiring them helps normalize it as expected.


This piece of PR fluff isn't helping regular ex cons get regular jobs in non-tight labor markets.


If you look at what funded the article, at the bottom, I believe that's the intent. Though, yes, they did over gush about Slack.


I'm waiting for the moral grandstanders to take to social media and try to publicly shame companies for refusing to hire their trained ex-cons




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