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Yea, maybe Google has people that can camp out on a roof to "rest and vest" like in the tv show Silicon Valley, but every startup I've ever worked for had half
by ok_dad 4y ago
Yea, maybe Google has people that can camp out on a roof to "rest and vest" like in the tv show Silicon Valley, but every startup I've ever worked for had half or a third as many developers and every other position (even sales, HR, etc.) as would be required to do the jobs properly.
Maybe it's good if the BigCo's get hit hard in a recession, so some of the startups that do stuff other than advertising can get some of those sweet, sweet "10x programmers".
I still feel very bad for all those laid off, I've been laid off 2 times in the past 3 years due to startups closing and that probably isn't the end of it for me either.
- canucklady 4y agoY'all have dedicated HR? Usually startups I work at have some underpaid "office manager" who is both HR and a mom to the entire office.
- ok_dad 4y agoYea, that's my point, my HR recently was the CEO, now it's the CFO, maybe tomorrow I'll be the HR person!
- icedchai 4y agoMore often than not, the part-time HR is just plain bad and unreliable. Every small company I've worked for has had payroll and benefits issues. I've seen everything from late paychecks to benefits getting terminated because someone forgot to do something. Also, there's always on-boarding problems. At larger companies, this rarely happens because they have actual HR professionals.