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The most shocking thing about this story (imho) is that we're all shocked. It's obvious that Stripe is becoming a huge company in terms of valuation, company s
by moonraker 5y ago
The most shocking thing about this story (imho) is that we're all shocked.
It's obvious that Stripe is becoming a huge company in terms of valuation, company size and impact. At a high level, all of us should be pretty excited about this. They've done an incredible job building things that developers want and love to use.
Unfortunately, that also means we shouldn't be shocked when some of the people/processes for hiring don't align with the same values and dedication to high quality work that we've come expect.
One of the dirty, little secrets of tech (particularly enterprise tech startups) is that some of the most culturally toxic and mediocre employees (from a quality of work and/or ability perspective) are in HR.
Hopefully the fact that this story is getting so much traction here and elsewhere will motivate the founders and leadership at Stripe to get into the weeds about how teams in charge of hiring are seriously jeopardising the key to the company's success: The people they employ.
On a semi-related note, this entire thread and the all of the adjacent coverage of this story should be a huge cautionary tale (and opportunity) for current and future founders: The most important thing our companies will do is hiring. That means the processes, culture, and work ethic of the teams doing the hiring deserve an ungodly amount of scrutiny.
This kind of crap happens all the time in this industry. We should be all be honest about that before shitting on Stripe, John, Patrick, etc. If they can become complacent, it can happen to any of us as well.
As a side note, HR employees (especially at low or entry level) who don't fit this stereotype should compensated, praised and recognized internally. In my experience, most companies with toxic HR teams tend to reward those who are very good at kissing ass and/or mirroring back what VPs' and Directors' won't shut about at all-hands, LinkedIn, etc.