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Sounds par for the course for most tech companies? It's not like these companies that do this don't have extremely rough interviews and clarify expectations of

Sounds par for the course for most tech companies? It's not like these companies that do this don't have extremely rough interviews and clarify expectations of 55 hour weeks prior to employment. If you don't find enjoyment in working long hours, seems like that's not the company you want to be working at? There are plenty of companies with a better work/life balance, but they tend to pay less.

ornornor 3y ago
Demanding long hours is unfair but rather common unfortunately, you’re right. Demanding you recruit hundreds of customers, for free, to even be considered for an interview is downright exploitative. I don’t think any but the most predatory companies do this and it’s probably not even worth the legal exposure. I suspect however this acts as a filter. By making people jump through this hoop, you make sure you’re only keeping docile and compliant people in your pipeline who can be abused and overworked. Not the world I want to live in and that’s why I point it out every time I can to hopefully sway customers away from them.
- TrapLord_Rhodo 3y ago
  >Demanding long hours is unfair but rather common unfortunately What is unfair about this? What is so wrong about dedicating yourself to a company you beleive in? Revolut is an awesome company, doing amazing things. I worked at Tesla, and unless you had something fun to do for the weekend (Like tahoe or something) they expected you to be in the office. I LOVED working at Tesla. I ended up leaving to start my own company a few years ago, but i will remember my time at Tesla for the rest of my life. >Demanding you recruit hundreds of customers, for free, to even be considered for an interview is downright exploitative. I don’t think any but the most predatory companies do this and it’s probably not even worth the legal exposure. This literally makes no sense and I think you are conflaiting something here? How would i recruit customers if i didn't work at the company? Are you talking they hired a bunch of people who had very high referals to the company? I know they offer a bonus if you refer your friends, so looking through those logs and hiring all the people who have high referals sounds like a great business move to me. > making people jump through this hoop, you make sure you’re only keeping docile and compliant people in your pipeline who can be abused and overworked. Or you ensure you are hiring the most highly motivated people who believe in the mission. "Docile and compliant" doesn't work at high pressure, tech companies... You are eaten up and spit out pretty quickly at the brashness, demands and stress to perform.
  - ornornor 3y ago
    > I worked at Tesla […] and loved it Say no more. Let’s just agree to disagree. > This literally makes no sense and I think you are conflaiting something here? How would i recruit customers if i didn't work at the company? Are you talking they hired a bunch of people who had very high referals to the company? It’s the third paragraph in the article I linked: > 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.

ornornor 3y ago

Demanding long hours is unfair but rather common unfortunately, you’re right. Demanding you recruit hundreds of customers, for free, to even be considered for an interview is downright exploitative. I don’t think any but the most predatory companies do this and it’s probably not even worth the legal exposure. I suspect however this acts as a filter. By making people jump through this hoop, you make sure you’re only keeping docile and compliant people in your pipeline who can be abused and overworked. Not the world I want to live in and that’s why I point it out every time I can to hopefully sway customers away from them.

TrapLord_Rhodo 3y ago
>Demanding long hours is unfair but rather common unfortunately What is unfair about this? What is so wrong about dedicating yourself to a company you beleive in? Revolut is an awesome company, doing amazing things. I worked at Tesla, and unless you had something fun to do for the weekend (Like tahoe or something) they expected you to be in the office. I LOVED working at Tesla. I ended up leaving to start my own company a few years ago, but i will remember my time at Tesla for the rest of my life. >Demanding you recruit hundreds of customers, for free, to even be considered for an interview is downright exploitative. I don’t think any but the most predatory companies do this and it’s probably not even worth the legal exposure. This literally makes no sense and I think you are conflaiting something here? How would i recruit customers if i didn't work at the company? Are you talking they hired a bunch of people who had very high referals to the company? I know they offer a bonus if you refer your friends, so looking through those logs and hiring all the people who have high referals sounds like a great business move to me. > making people jump through this hoop, you make sure you’re only keeping docile and compliant people in your pipeline who can be abused and overworked. Or you ensure you are hiring the most highly motivated people who believe in the mission. "Docile and compliant" doesn't work at high pressure, tech companies... You are eaten up and spit out pretty quickly at the brashness, demands and stress to perform.
- ornornor 3y ago
  > I worked at Tesla […] and loved it Say no more. Let’s just agree to disagree. > This literally makes no sense and I think you are conflaiting something here? How would i recruit customers if i didn't work at the company? Are you talking they hired a bunch of people who had very high referals to the company? It’s the third paragraph in the article I linked: > 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.