Well... this is not really your business, is it? If your friend does not like it, he can easily leave. I do not see the problem here.

If you were my friend and I found out that you have been asking this sort of stuff behind my back on such public forum like this, plus, potentially jeopardizing my chances of getting a job since it's not that hard to figure out which company you're talking about, I'd tell you to go take a hike.