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Seems like I dodged a bullet. When I interviewed there the founder asked very generic questions that may as well have come straight out of an Amazon leadership
by jackblemming 3y ago
Seems like I dodged a bullet. When I interviewed there the founder asked very generic questions that may as well have come straight out of an Amazon leadership principles pamphlet. I bet Amazon will be a good fit for them. I feel bad for the employees who likely wanted to work for a startup, not Amazon. I’d be surprised if they got much from the acquihire either.
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- ams92 3y agoYou join a startup in hopes of it getting acquired or going public some day. Fig was never going to go public so if I worked there I’d be happy about the acquisition assuming that I wasn’t stiffed on my stock options when joining.
- shrimpx 3y agoUnless it's an acquihire where you get ~nothing for your stock and you have to interview to keep your job.
- noitpmeder 3y agoLol and it's at amazon -- I imagine they'll lose a bunch of staff over that fact alone.
- w0mbat 3y agoAcquihires generally get a better comp deal than hires, they just don't tend to make much off the acquisition deal unless they are high up. If their comp includes accelerated vesting rather than the terrible Amazon slowcoach vesting it could be decent.
- gcampos 3y agoI had some exploratory conversations with them last year. The product was nice, but their business plan made zero sense to me, so I decided to not continue the process.