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Ask HN: Is This “Professional”?

Recently "discovered" this company jobs page: https://skio.com/careers/ Do people want to work for a company that talks this way in their official communication? Does it cause them to question how they may be treated as an employee or how the company might deal with sensitive internal issues, conduct business, etc?

slater 5y ago
I guess it works both ways... personally I wouldn't call that professional, but OTOH they're looking for a somewhat specific person & culture fit, so good on them for advertising THEIR office/business culture...?
sbuk 5y ago
You're pre series A, yet you're calling a potential $2.1 billion competitor "incompetent". I find that a turn off. Never refer to the competition as incompetent - it will ultimately lead to complacency. Just my 2 cents :) The rest sounds good!
- vanusa 5y ago
  I find that a turn off. Never refer to the competition as incompetent. Agreed - never mind "professional" or not; it comes across as intellectually shallow. Companies can lack vision, or simply taste, or get in over their heads or stuck in a groove ... and lets face it (in rarer cases) some are outright delusional -- but if they get to the $2b stage, it is difficult to call them meaningfully "incompetent". If you think they are, odds are its you who's missing something about the bigger picture.
delgaudm 5y ago
>We're a pre-series A startup "regiciding" a $2.1b incumbent >think about all the 2am kbbq/pizzas! >You can do jackshit and make more money. We try really hard though :-) Jeez. Did Kendall Roy write those JDs? Dude. Bro. Like we're gonna regicide bro. Bro, do you even own a vest?
lifeplusplus 5y ago
Not boring at least
crate_barre 5y ago
To be totally honest? Who the fuck knows. It’s a shit show out there. They could be all the things you are suggesting, or none of those things. A more typical sounding job post could signal … nothing as well. Granted, even this reads typically to me, but that might have more to do with my JIT translating of bullshit as I read it. For example, ‘We prefer to hire 1 great fit, versus hire 3 good fits’, translation ‘your ass has to move super fast or we are absolutely firing you’. Things get even harder when their product doesn’t even exist yet or available to use. You can’t assess their values. Yeah, who the fuck knows! They offer money and are looking for the best. Give it a go, what more can you do.

slater 5y ago

I guess it works both ways... personally I wouldn't call that professional, but OTOH they're looking for a somewhat specific person & culture fit, so good on them for advertising THEIR office/business culture...?

sbuk 5y ago

You're pre series A, yet you're calling a potential $2.1 billion competitor "incompetent". I find that a turn off. Never refer to the competition as incompetent - it will ultimately lead to complacency. Just my 2 cents :) The rest sounds good!

vanusa 5y ago
I find that a turn off. Never refer to the competition as incompetent. Agreed - never mind "professional" or not; it comes across as intellectually shallow. Companies can lack vision, or simply taste, or get in over their heads or stuck in a groove ... and lets face it (in rarer cases) some are outright delusional -- but if they get to the $2b stage, it is difficult to call them meaningfully "incompetent". If you think they are, odds are its you who's missing something about the bigger picture.

delgaudm 5y ago

>We're a pre-series A startup "regiciding" a $2.1b incumbent >think about all the 2am kbbq/pizzas! >You can do jackshit and make more money. We try really hard though :-) Jeez. Did Kendall Roy write those JDs? Dude. Bro. Like we're gonna regicide bro. Bro, do you even own a vest?

lifeplusplus 5y ago

Not boring at least

crate_barre 5y ago

To be totally honest? Who the fuck knows. It’s a shit show out there. They could be all the things you are suggesting, or none of those things. A more typical sounding job post could signal … nothing as well. Granted, even this reads typically to me, but that might have more to do with my JIT translating of bullshit as I read it. For example, ‘We prefer to hire 1 great fit, versus hire 3 good fits’, translation ‘your ass has to move super fast or we are absolutely firing you’. Things get even harder when their product doesn’t even exist yet or available to use. You can’t assess their values. Yeah, who the fuck knows! They offer money and are looking for the best. Give it a go, what more can you do.