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Kind of a shame that yet another one of the few startups pushing for a four day work week turns out to be run by incompetents (Treehouse), and another founder w
by Apocryphon 4y ago
Kind of a shame that yet another one of the few startups pushing for a four day work week turns out to be run by incompetents (Treehouse), and another founder who challenges the VC establishment turns out to be a two-faced charlatan (Basecamp).
- planarhobbit 4y agoNot to derail this thread but what’s two faced and charlatan about JF/DHH? Or are you referring to someone else?
- sillysaurusx 4y agoSeconded. It’s surprising to hear Basecamp referred to in such a manner. Did something happen?
- Apocryphon 4y agoThe whole brouhaha that led to a mass exodus. I don’t know the specifics, but to alienate such a substantial amount of a workforce after decades of pontificating on the proper way to build company culture shows that the wisdom they were hocking ain’t what it’s cracked up to be.
- Kindra 4y agoPretty sure this is referring to the situation last year: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27000945 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27000945
- aluva 4y ago4 day week is simply a PR effort. I have been following the company on LinkedIn and even the current CEO put out "words of wisdom" and he likes them himself.. weird