I've heard multiple times of the hiring practice of "throw to garbage bin every resume without past stint at GFA" from a few of my friends.

Most of them worked companies like banks, and other big name non-tech companies.

The number of people with past experience in big dotcoms now is big enough that any mid-sized company can expect to get a few resumes from such for each position.

It's very obvious a sign of risk averse, and lazy recruiters, but what you can do? No doubt, it works for them, professionally.

It makes me think whether chasing a big dotcom name onto the resume, at any cost, and regardless of the merit of position worth it from the job security standpoint.

A dotcom name on the resume really opens you a lot of doors, you will not get yourself in otherwise. A stone cold truth.