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Postmates is a disaster of immature management. I worked in engineering for a while. I spent many Fridays at Hotel Utah Saloon listening to Bastian try to argue
by pmthrow2 9y ago
Postmates is a disaster of immature management. I worked in engineering for a while. I spent many Fridays at Hotel Utah Saloon listening to Bastian try to argue his points like "Women couldn't possibly write code as well as men." I also watched the company transition from a point where Bastian and Sean would get into open fights in the middle of the office. Bastian would tell everyone they were fired. Eventually the company got bigger, they moved into a new office and Sean reasoned to keep Bastian away from the company. Bastian's hot head and immoral demeanor makes Travis Kalanik look like a good person. The only way to get ahead at Postmates is to be part of the "f-ck buddy" group in the office. Go out drinking with Sean and you will get a raise and a promotion. They brought on new managers and new middle-tier but as all of us saw, it was more of the same like minded childish ways that ran wild.
- arikr 9y ago> The only way to get ahead at Postmates is to be part of the "f-ck buddy" group in the office. ? What does that mean
- pishpash 9y agoI suppose in the "this guy f-cks" way. If not, would like to know also!
- citizens 9y agoI think it's intended to be the same thing as "bro culture"...
- jgh 9y agoI'm guessing they're referring to a group of people who go and get drinks? I don't really understand it either, but that's my guess from the followup being about going out for drinks with one of the founders.
- tarsinge 9y agoOn one hand reading hacker news left me with the impression that creating a business is incredibly difficult with so many things to get right, and on the other there are companies like this successfully raising money and growing, I'm really puzzled. Sure they are not sustainable but are investors still fooled by this? By my limited experience in the B2B space they are usually quite smart and know how to do a serious due diligence Edit: I understand the investors could have taken a conscious high risk bet on an unsustainable business model, but how it comes the founding team didn't raise any red flag to the investors before?