StartupAnon192

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   by StartupAnon192 8y ago

   >You say you're willing to walk away. Do it. Given your first line, this sounds like a bad faith suggestion. Why should I walk away from something promising vs helping our team become more productive? And given the context of the p
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   by StartupAnon192 8y ago

   The founder is also extremely competent at software development, but I am leaving him off of the development team for the sake of this story. I've worked with plenty of competent people, this employee is just not one of them. I don&#
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   by StartupAnon192 8y ago

   He shouldn't be in the startup game if his circumstances means he can't perform his duties at the startup to make it successful. There are plenty of other software jobs more geared towards flexible schedules and a slower pace.
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   by StartupAnon192 8y ago

   We're a small team and we're all responsible for the same end goal. If one of us isn't pulling the weight, it's the responsibility of the others to rectify that. I don't believe the solution is to ignore the situa
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   by StartupAnon192 8y ago

   Your situation doesn't sound like my coworker. I hate the idea of counting hours, but if I had to, the coworker does about 20 per week. He abuses our very lax schedule (we don't have an office) and vacation policy to spend as mu
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   Ask HN: Startup coworker underperforming

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