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Men who work in tech, especially at firms like Palantir and Tesla, say their jobs now trigger suspicion or rejection from potential partners because the industry is seen as politically and morally compromised. The piece follows several daters and a matchmaker to show how workers hide or justify their employers to get dates.
- Daters describe brutal reactions to naming a Palantir or Tesla employer, including one woman calling a man "the devil" and friends asking him not to mention the job on nights out.
- Men are hiding or fudging their jobs: one Palantir engineer says he lists his work as "AI" and invents explanations, while a Tesla employee found he got more matches on Raya by leaving his employer off his profile.
- Matchmaker Amy Laurent now pre-empts objections when pitching tech clients, saying "Listen, I have a great guy… He's in tech," and women cite the industry's record on misinformation, addiction, labor, and wealth inequality as reasons to refuse.