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I had a ludicrous experience with an AR startup in Toronto last year where I was offered $35 an hour - worked a week, and then was told they could only afford t

I had a ludicrous experience with an AR startup in Toronto last year where I was offered $35 an hour - worked a week, and then was told they could only afford to pay $20/hr. They made me work 60-80 hour weeks and didn’t pay me overtime. When I criticized them, they fired me after a month. I’d love to expose them here, but I’ll be the better person than them.

detaro 8y ago
Covering for them doesn't make you a better person.
- freewilly1040 8y ago
  Neither does identifying the company and potentially identifying yourself
  - detaro 8y ago
    Sure, there's perfectly good reasons not to share the name. "being a better person" isn't one of them, IMHO.
tracer4201 8y ago
How does not reporting them to the labor board make you a better person? There’s more to this story than you’re telling us or it’s made up. This story doesn’t add up.
- wolco 8y ago
  Who said he didn't? Him not going through that process doesn't make him a liar either. The fear of being blackballed or being a shy person or the experience of knowing what a waste of time it is are all valid reasons not to.
  - lostgame 8y ago
    First off, I’m a she. :P Second off - I am the type of individual who believes karma will come back to people. I have a very very comfortable position at the moment somewhere else and I personally just don’t want to stir up any trouble. I’ve been through enough in the past year, from sexual assault to the passing of my mother, to add the trauma of lawyers chasing after me for an HN comment to boot.
    - wolco 8y ago
      It sounds like you've been through a lot. The lawyer chasing you for a HN comment sounds like a movie. Somehow it would be fitting if it was over spaces vs tabs.
wolco 8y ago
Please share. As a community knowing about scams can be very helpful. I saw the same thing happen in the same city to another developer. In the fitness space though but didn't get paid at all.

detaro 8y ago

Covering for them doesn't make you a better person.

freewilly1040 8y ago
Neither does identifying the company and potentially identifying yourself
- detaro 8y ago
  Sure, there's perfectly good reasons not to share the name. "being a better person" isn't one of them, IMHO.

tracer4201 8y ago

How does not reporting them to the labor board make you a better person? There’s more to this story than you’re telling us or it’s made up. This story doesn’t add up.

wolco 8y ago
Who said he didn't? Him not going through that process doesn't make him a liar either. The fear of being blackballed or being a shy person or the experience of knowing what a waste of time it is are all valid reasons not to.
- lostgame 8y ago
  First off, I’m a she. :P Second off - I am the type of individual who believes karma will come back to people. I have a very very comfortable position at the moment somewhere else and I personally just don’t want to stir up any trouble. I’ve been through enough in the past year, from sexual assault to the passing of my mother, to add the trauma of lawyers chasing after me for an HN comment to boot.
  - wolco 8y ago
    It sounds like you've been through a lot. The lawyer chasing you for a HN comment sounds like a movie. Somehow it would be fitting if it was over spaces vs tabs.

wolco 8y ago

Please share. As a community knowing about scams can be very helpful. I saw the same thing happen in the same city to another developer. In the fitness space though but didn't get paid at all.