2025-06-11Waymo Hiring For a "Public Affairs Specialist" in Los Angeles While People Are Settings Its Cars on Fire
Waymo is hiring a "community and public affairs specialist" after becoming an unwitting participant in Los Angeles' anti-immigration raid protests. After justice-minded rabble-rousers set fire to a bunch of Waymo's driverless cabs, the company suspended service in the city of Angels and San Francisco, where satellite solidarity protests also broke out. At some point thereafter, the public affairs specialist listing went up and made its way to job boards like Daybook, a politics and government affairs search site. "Our focus is implementing advocacy, grassroots, and grasstops campaigns to drive acceptance and adoption of our life-saving technology," reads the vacancy announcement. [...]