Numerous media reports continue to focus on how it shares user information with outside partners and how well - or badly - it monitors its platform. Still, the breadth of Facebook’s reach and questions of how much data it collects continues to be a big issue for the company and how well it communicates that externally will be critical. He has also been overseeing Facebook’s recently formed independent elections commission. Schrage has been pushing internally for Facebook to be more open with outsiders and came up with the idea for Facebook’s ”Hard Questions” blog series. While Facebook was initially slow to respond to the scandal, it has since been relentless in pushing its messaging and making a number of moves to open up its platform and be more transparent about the huge amount of data it has collected. Most recently, for example, Schrage has been a key player in coordinating Facebook’s response to the company‘s Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, which has included lots of apologizing by Zuckerberg and a promise from the company to “take a broader view of our responsibility.” When Zuckerberg testified before Congress in April, Schrage was sitting in the hearing room.
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Schrage has been the point person on that response. Still, a spate of recent controversies around the mismanagement of the massive platform has weighed on the company and some have justifiably criticized Facebook’s slow and overly cautious response to the crisis. This is so, according to many sources, who said Schrage has been contemplating a departure for a while. Mark, Sheryl and I have been discussing this for a while.“ “Leading policy and communications for hyper growth technology companies is a joy - but it’s also intense and leaves little room for much else. “After more than a decade at Facebook, I’ve decided it’s time to start a new chapter in my life,“ Schrage said in a statement to Recode.
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In his tenure at Facebook - Schrage just celebrated his 10-year “Faceversary“ in May - he has became one of the most influential voices inside the company, working closely with top executives like Sandberg and Zuckerberg, often traveling with them on international trips. He’ll then serve as an advisor to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg. Schrage, who joined Facebook from Google where he held a similar position running global communications and public affairs, will stay on at the social networking giant for a time to help hire his replacement.
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And I don't mean you have to be an engineer or a product designer.Elliot Schrage, the high-profile exec who heads Facebook’s public policy and communications efforts, is leaving the company after a decade at the social media giant, according to a company spokesperson. "So we want people who are really proud of and inspired by that mission." Additionally, she says, we want "diversity, new perspectives and builders. "At Facebook we are really proud of our mission, which is to give people the power to build community and bring the world together," she says. This includes, she says, candidates who can prove in an interview that their strengths align with the mission of the company and tie into their ability to create new things and build community. While there is no right way to answer this question, Kalinowski explains that she is expecting potential employees to elaborate on the skills and qualities that will make them a standout candidate for the job. "We're a strength-based organization," she says in regards to Facebook, "so we're looking for the things people do when they're losing track of time because they're so absorbed. This open-ended question, she says, allows her to get insight on "what motivates people and what their strengths are," as they discuss the projects they completed or goals they accomplished on one of their best days at work.