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How many times do I have to get annoyed at my kid for waking up in the middle of the night before you're OK with me kicking him out of the house? Keep in mind that he is currently 11 months old...
Kicking your child out of the house for doing what a child does is not in your long-term self interest or his.
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I agree with everything you said. But it doesn't address why you think secrecy is always necessary.
If you work because you need a job, and your company is transparent, and its in a financially precarious state, why would you stay?
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I'd say no relationships, including family relationships, should be maintained if they aren't in the long-term self-interest of all parties. In other words, every relationship is a trading relationship, and the currency of the realm isn't always, or even often, monetary in nature.
Perhaps true, in a real super rational techy view of the world, as long as by long term you mean the entire life of all the family members. But not a particularly useful observation, just as the concept that "giving to charity is an act of selfishness, since people only only do it to feel better about themselves" might be true but is not useful.
In the same way, if someone in your life never shows curiosity or empathy towards you, you should probably leave the relationship.
This is one of the worse diseases I see in the tech world. I have friends who, when asked how their company is doing, respond with something like "great! We just hired a dozen more engineers."
I'm pretty sure a better answer is "great! We just got X customers," or "great! We're profitable now!". Not how big your fief is. (But, mentioning fiefs, I'm struck by the notion that a startup is just a business unit of a loosely-organized corporation and CxOs thereof just middle managers for an investor-class executive group.)
Anyway, despite being a tough time for them; it's good to know they live in reality and not in a "unicorn-themed-chase-party".
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I'd say no relationships, including family relationships, should be maintained if they aren't in the long-term self-interest of all parties. In other words, every relationship is a trading relationship, and the currency of the realm isn't always, or even often, monetary in nature.
I recommend not having children if you're only keeping them as long as it serves your self interest.
That would include not creating children if you and your partner are not certain that you want them and will do what is required to raise them in a peaceful, loving and rational home.
FWIW, here's their public spreadsheet of salaries and calculations. Not sure if it's been recently updated (on closer look, seems to reflect the founders' stated pay cuts, and new hires as recent as last month): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l3bXAv8JE5RB9siMq36-... edit: Adding links to their blog posts: https://open.buffer.com/transparent-salaries/ https://open.buffer.com/introducing-open-salaries-at-buffe…
Well, I am apparently massively underpaid. And I have to commute to work. Lose-lose.
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That does seem astronomical. $4,000 per employee if they have ~100 employees like they say. Anyone think their salaries are absurdly high for some locations and positions? They've got Adnan working as an "Advanced Backend/Frontend Developer" in Sri Lanka, making only $65,104. This actually makes sense to me because Sri Lanka's cost of living is pretty low. But they've got an Advanced "Happiness Hero" which I presume…
$4,000 would barely cover business-class airfare between SF Berlin for one employee. Not to mention accommodations, event space, meals and entertainment.
This may be a little cynical but: "With our culture of bringing our whole selves to work and seeing team as family, with shared values we live by,..." In the American business world, you are an employee until you aren't. Confusing being an employee with being "family" is a mistake, both for the company and the employee. When times get bad, companies do what it takes to survive, including throwing employees overboard.…
My rule is this : if I have equity then I am family. No equity, I am just an employee.