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Reads like a job ad for the worst startup in the world: super high-IQ + small-government revolutionaries + 80+ hours per week + on unglamo
by rukuu001 2y ago
Reads like a job ad for the worst startup in the world:
super high-IQ
+
small-government revolutionaries
+
80+ hours per week
+
on unglamorous cost-cutting
(salary TDB)
- jmspring 2y agoWork hard, play hard, we are like a family — uttered by several YC companies at various recruiting events
- Culonavirus 2y agoAh yes, the good old family/friends angle. And it's true... well, kind of. What they don't tell you is that what they expect from YOU is that you'll behave like TheBiz is your second family (loyalty, sacrifice, forgiveness...), but of course for TheBiz you'll still be just an easily replaceable cog in the machine... anything more would be WEIRD, right? Off the charts levels cringe. Just be professional and treat employment like any other business transaction. Why is it so hard for founders and HRs to not be full of shit and treat their employees with dignity and respect? Like, come on, TheBiz and I are not family, we're not friends and we will never be anything of the sort. We have a somewhat common goal (of making money), but that's about it. It's a giant red flag to (pretend to) expect anything more.
- JackFr 2y agoTo my ears, there is nothing more cringe than “work hard, play hard”
- Terr_ 2y ago> unglamorous cost-cutting If they ever decide "we will make it glamorous", be very afraid: Whatever destructive idiocy arises, the entertainment won't outweigh the harm.
- pjc50 2y agoThe advert will perfectly select for the type of person they actually want: an obsessive crank who is already independently wealthy and posting about government waste on Twitter 24/7. I'm surprised they haven't offered catturd2 a cabinet post yet.