With so many #SiliconSlopes unicorns laying off people, in many cases without the required notice or severance provided by the WARN Act, it's pretty galling to see their de facto PR and lobbying firm attempt to whitewash the problem with a job fair. There's a lot of hay made about the #UtahWay and #Utah being different, but the big tech firms seem to not be all that different from Silicon Valley. Well, except they seem to be far more cruel in their actions to employees while putting on a much "kinder" face about it, but that's hardly an improvement. We should stop elevating a company that has cruel indifference in its actions and attempts to compensate with public prostration.

I honestly expect much better from them. Most of them are my co-religionists, #LDS members who went to BYU and should have higher ethical standards. Unfortunately, I see a lot of the blasphemous #ProsperityGospel in their words and deeds. Mixed with cutthroat #SiliconValley VC culture and it's a toxic brew.

I've ended up with a growing list of large Utah tech companies I don't want to do business with, much less work for, because of their gross culture and employee treatment. Entrata. Qualtrics. Domo. HireVue. Now also Podium and PluralSight.

PS Utah's tech scene needs an association for the small guys and individual practitioners. We need to make a clean break from the celebrity CEO worship, bowing to F500 members, and big IPOs. Just the people that get stuff done.