Why Apple’s Facebook hiring fiasco never should have happened Why Apple’s Facebook hiring fiasco never should have happened The right ending still leads to troubling conclusions. Credit: Dreamstime The Macalope doesn't know about you, but he went on quite a personal journey of discovery about Apple's controversial hiring then firing of Antonio García Martínez, a rollercoaster of a human resources debacle that played out last week. The Macalope's first thought was I don't have an opinion about this because I don't know who this person is. You know, like you do about things you don't know anything about. Then he learned García Martínez used to work at Facebook.