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Wow, that is a completely absurd reaction from the co-founder. He could've gotten some great, free PR for the company out of the story. Instead, he's about to

Wow, that is a completely absurd reaction from the co-founder. He could've gotten some great, free PR for the company out of the story. Instead, he's about to be on the front page of HN and probably several other media outlets, in a story centered around him and portraying him as a shitty boss that nobody would want to work for or with. Hopefully everything works out well for Mr. Rogowski.

mattmanser 9y ago
Especially as the guy's a contractor, he can do whatever the hell he wants. It's like it is becoming the new normal in startups, treat contractors like they're your personal slaves, while you can drop them whenever you want. It's a reminder of why employment laws are so necessary.
- nso 9y ago
  I guess the problem could be that he find himself in a situation where his app is being associated with a contractor they hired, and he doesn't want to further solidify him as "the brand". Imagine if MySpace Tom was just a contractor that could leave to join the competition any day. Panic mode, which result in observed nutty behaviour.
  - jonwachob91 9y ago
    So why use him on all your marketing material if you are afraid of him just up and leaving?
    - deleted 9y ago
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    - ben_jones 9y ago
      Greed. They want the short term profit from it.
  - slavik81 9y ago
    It happens with TV all the time. House was Hugh Laurie. You couldn't possibly replace him. I presume there are standard contracts to help deal with that when you anticipate it, but it seems to always be expensive to keep a star.
    - mschuster91 9y ago
      > It happens with TV all the time. We're seeing it with #metoo right now - the most drastic example is of course Kevin Spacey with House of Cards, but I wonder how many other core stars will have similar problems with sexualized misconduct, and how TV series (and movies) will react to this.
- thaumasiotes 9y ago
  > Especially as the guy's a contractor, he can do whatever the hell he wants. If he was a contract employee, how would that be different?
megy 9y ago
Agree with everything you said, but I think Yusupov is regretting having Scott being so prominent, and the article is just making him more important to the app. So he lost it. It happens. But it does make him look bad.

mattmanser 9y ago

Especially as the guy's a contractor, he can do whatever the hell he wants. It's like it is becoming the new normal in startups, treat contractors like they're your personal slaves, while you can drop them whenever you want. It's a reminder of why employment laws are so necessary.

nso 9y ago
I guess the problem could be that he find himself in a situation where his app is being associated with a contractor they hired, and he doesn't want to further solidify him as "the brand". Imagine if MySpace Tom was just a contractor that could leave to join the competition any day. Panic mode, which result in observed nutty behaviour.
- jonwachob91 9y ago
  So why use him on all your marketing material if you are afraid of him just up and leaving?
  - deleted 9y ago
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  - ben_jones 9y ago
    Greed. They want the short term profit from it.
- slavik81 9y ago
  It happens with TV all the time. House was Hugh Laurie. You couldn't possibly replace him. I presume there are standard contracts to help deal with that when you anticipate it, but it seems to always be expensive to keep a star.
  - mschuster91 9y ago
    > It happens with TV all the time. We're seeing it with #metoo right now - the most drastic example is of course Kevin Spacey with House of Cards, but I wonder how many other core stars will have similar problems with sexualized misconduct, and how TV series (and movies) will react to this.
thaumasiotes 9y ago
> Especially as the guy's a contractor, he can do whatever the hell he wants. If he was a contract employee, how would that be different?

megy 9y ago

Agree with everything you said, but I think Yusupov is regretting having Scott being so prominent, and the article is just making him more important to the app. So he lost it. It happens. But it does make him look bad.