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I refused to interview with them due to their poor employment practises. A quick search reveals what's going on.

by ascari 7y ago

dx034 7y ago
I found a TechCrunch article[1], is that what you're referring to? Hadn't heard of these issues before (but also never tried to apply there). [1] https://www.wired.co.uk/article/revolut-trade-unions-labour-fintech-politics-storonsky https://www.wired.co.uk/article/revolut-trade-unions-labour-...
- fasicle 7y ago
  This line from the article is interesting: "An analysis of the start and end dates of 147 former Revolut employees on LinkedIn suggests that over 80 percent had lasted less than a year, and over half stayed at the company for less than six months."
- kasperni 7y ago
  -------------- She did a 30-minute job interview over Google Hangouts with the London-based head of business development, Andrius Biceika, and was immediately told she had passed to the next round, which would involve a small test. “The surprise came when I received the task and it asked me to get the company as many clients as possible, with each one depositing €10 into the app,” says Laura. The instructions on the exercise said the applicants should recruit at least 200 clients in a week to have a chance at passing to the next interview phase. -------------- Wow.....
  - namdnay 7y ago
    To play devils advocate, it was a business development position... so it’s a bit like asking a developer to do a homework exercise no?
    - charlesu 7y ago
      It's like asking a developer to build out a feature that will be put into production. For free.
    - aeyes 7y ago
      No, this is working for free. In a developer test you are given a generic problem.
    - oakesm9 7y ago
      Yes, but only if the developer's homework exercise was to take a feature and implement it to actually be released in the live app.
- z3t4 7y ago
  There's nothing wrong with results based hiring. But when someone asks you to do a test like this, don't do it for free! Don't make it easy for these hustlers by agreeing to work at minimum wage hoping for a bonus once you have required thousands of users for them. They will just find another sucker and repeat.
lazyasciiart 7y ago
Huh, could you summarize the results of a quick search here, to save everyone else the time?
- shawabawa3 7y ago
  This slack message from the CEO went viral at some point and i think sums up the culture nicely: https://wi-images.condecdn.net/image/aanw4w1b8eW/crop/1440/f/nikolai.jpg https://wi-images.condecdn.net/image/aanw4w1b8eW/crop/1440/f... tl;dr: "I noticed that several product owners / team leaders are significantly below targets and still do not work on weekends to catch up"
romasato 7y ago
Everyone keeps repeating and referencing the same old story about where a few of the unhappy employees were bashing the company about its startup culture. Some people are better suited to work at more established companies, not startups growing massively where one has to wear multiple hats and probably work more than the regular 9-5.
- La1n 7y ago
  I think most people are better suited to be treated like humans and not be exploited. Calling it "startup culture" does not make it any better.
- pepemon 7y ago
  You have signed up on HN just to defend your employer, right? Please tell us about yourself.
Matsta 7y ago
Funny enough their Head of HR reached out to me last month for a call. After rescheduling multiple times because she failed to join the call - I think I'm going to give up with them.
- piva00 7y ago
  This is one of my fundamental red flags. I'm expected to never reschedule an interview, it consumes both the interviewer and interviewee time, it's stressful and something you generally try to prepare for. If the HR/TA from the company that is trying to hire me fails to join the call it's an instant pass. I don't know what is your current work or life situation but there are many other places looking for people with similar skills that probably won't disrespect your time.
  - Matsta 7y ago
    I just don't understand why you would even reach out in the first place if you have no intentions of actually making the call. As you say, it's a waste of time. And yes it was more being curious.
- woutr_be 7y ago
  Rescheduling upfront is fine, but just not showing up and rescheduling later is a huge red flag for me.
iliaznk 7y ago
So did I. They gave me a home task, but after some googling and watching an interview with the founder I got an impression that the whole thing is a Ponzi scheme (in addition to the toxic environment and other negative things you can find about them), so I told them I changed my mind and would not proceed.

I refused to interview with them due to their poor employment practises. A quick search reveals what's going on.

by ascari 7y ago

I refused to interview with them due to their poor employment practises. A quick search reveals what's going on.

I found a TechCrunch article[1], is that what you're referring to? Hadn't heard of these issues before (but also never tried to apply there). [1] https://www.wired.co.uk/article/revolut-trade-unions-labour-fintech-politics-storonsky https://www.wired.co.uk/article/revolut-trade-unions-labour-...

fasicle 7y ago
This line from the article is interesting: "An analysis of the start and end dates of 147 former Revolut employees on LinkedIn suggests that over 80 percent had lasted less than a year, and over half stayed at the company for less than six months."
kasperni 7y ago
-------------- She did a 30-minute job interview over Google Hangouts with the London-based head of business development, Andrius Biceika, and was immediately told she had passed to the next round, which would involve a small test. “The surprise came when I received the task and it asked me to get the company as many clients as possible, with each one depositing €10 into the app,” says Laura. The instructions on the exercise said the applicants should recruit at least 200 clients in a week to have a chance at passing to the next interview phase. -------------- Wow.....
- namdnay 7y ago
  To play devils advocate, it was a business development position... so it’s a bit like asking a developer to do a homework exercise no?
  - charlesu 7y ago
    It's like asking a developer to build out a feature that will be put into production. For free.
  - aeyes 7y ago
    No, this is working for free. In a developer test you are given a generic problem.
  - oakesm9 7y ago
    Yes, but only if the developer's homework exercise was to take a feature and implement it to actually be released in the live app.
z3t4 7y ago
There's nothing wrong with results based hiring. But when someone asks you to do a test like this, don't do it for free! Don't make it easy for these hustlers by agreeing to work at minimum wage hoping for a bonus once you have required thousands of users for them. They will just find another sucker and repeat.

lazyasciiart 7y ago

Huh, could you summarize the results of a quick search here, to save everyone else the time?

shawabawa3 7y ago
This slack message from the CEO went viral at some point and i think sums up the culture nicely: https://wi-images.condecdn.net/image/aanw4w1b8eW/crop/1440/f/nikolai.jpg https://wi-images.condecdn.net/image/aanw4w1b8eW/crop/1440/f... tl;dr: "I noticed that several product owners / team leaders are significantly below targets and still do not work on weekends to catch up"

romasato 7y ago

Everyone keeps repeating and referencing the same old story about where a few of the unhappy employees were bashing the company about its startup culture. Some people are better suited to work at more established companies, not startups growing massively where one has to wear multiple hats and probably work more than the regular 9-5.

La1n 7y ago
I think most people are better suited to be treated like humans and not be exploited. Calling it "startup culture" does not make it any better.
pepemon 7y ago
You have signed up on HN just to defend your employer, right? Please tell us about yourself.

Matsta 7y ago

Funny enough their Head of HR reached out to me last month for a call. After rescheduling multiple times because she failed to join the call - I think I'm going to give up with them.

piva00 7y ago
This is one of my fundamental red flags. I'm expected to never reschedule an interview, it consumes both the interviewer and interviewee time, it's stressful and something you generally try to prepare for. If the HR/TA from the company that is trying to hire me fails to join the call it's an instant pass. I don't know what is your current work or life situation but there are many other places looking for people with similar skills that probably won't disrespect your time.
- Matsta 7y ago
  I just don't understand why you would even reach out in the first place if you have no intentions of actually making the call. As you say, it's a waste of time. And yes it was more being curious.
woutr_be 7y ago
Rescheduling upfront is fine, but just not showing up and rescheduling later is a huge red flag for me.

iliaznk 7y ago

So did I. They gave me a home task, but after some googling and watching an interview with the founder I got an impression that the whole thing is a Ponzi scheme (in addition to the toxic environment and other negative things you can find about them), so I told them I changed my mind and would not proceed.