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Scammed By A Silicon Valley Startup

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Re: Scammed By A Silicon Valley Startup

#41

Post by programmer_guy »

Hey guys, just wanted to clear the air on some of the speculation: I'm actually with WrkRiot and can guarantee you we're not the company in question: I've got many weeks of paid on time pay stubs sitting right here. Plus we didn't have anyone matching any of the descriptions in this article.

Interesting article though, it's really shitty some have bad experiences like this.

Re: Scammed By A Silicon Valley Startup

#42

Post by liulu »

programmer_guy wrote: post #41

Hey guys, just wanted to clear the air on some of the speculation: I'm actually with WrkRiot and can guarantee you we're not the company in question: I've got many weeks of paid on time pay stubs sitting right here. Plus we didn't have anyone matching any of the descriptions in this article. Interesting article though, it's really shitty some have bad experiences like this.

>> Plus we didn't have anyone matching any of the descriptions in this article.

That's just outright lying

Re: Scammed By A Silicon Valley Startup

#43

Post by sp527 »

This must have been a traumatizing experience but the one thing I would want to add to it based upon my own experience is that things don't get that much better at the unicorns. Having worked for one that's still chugging along, I've seen the fake-it-til-you-make-it paradigm persist well into the 'mature' phase of a company. The industry at large feels like such a house of cards. It's not that value isn't being generated, but rather that it has been so dramatically overvalued.

Re: Scammed By A Silicon Valley Startup

#44

Post by bArray »

planteen wrote: post #19
lemonghost wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On crunchbase they are now wrkriot: http://www.wrkriot.com/team-1/

Yep. Just looked at the Wrkriot Facebook page. Previous posts have the old name... and the Spongebob memes

Almost all the reviews are from people working there which I'm sure you're not supposed to do. It's dishonest at the very least.

Re: Scammed By A Silicon Valley Startup

#45

Post by tmbeihl »

programmer_guy wrote: post #41

Hey guys, just wanted to clear the air on some of the speculation: I'm actually with WrkRiot and can guarantee you we're not the company in question: I've got many weeks of paid on time pay stubs sitting right here. Plus we didn't have anyone matching any of the descriptions in this article. Interesting article though, it's really shitty some have bad experiences like this.

New account (10 minutes old right now) with no email? Seems shifty to me.

Re: Scammed By A Silicon Valley Startup

#46

Post by aleeds »

programmer_guy wrote: post #41

Hey guys, just wanted to clear the air on some of the speculation: I'm actually with WrkRiot and can guarantee you we're not the company in question: I've got many weeks of paid on time pay stubs sitting right here. Plus we didn't have anyone matching any of the descriptions in this article. Interesting article though, it's really shitty some have bad experiences like this.

Probably want to post some meme's too, that'll avoid the association with the article.

Re: Scammed By A Silicon Valley Startup

#47

Post by pyre »

seibelj wrote: post #25
lemonghost wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On crunchbase they are now wrkriot: http://www.wrkriot.com/team-1/

Landing page: > WrkRiot pulls signals from your resume and matches them to job posts. That's right, we do the searching for you. We'll be updating this section with videos, walk thru's and more. "walk thru's"? This website looks like garbage

Just look at the blog too. I'm not sure who thought that a blog post entitled "10 WAYS TO SURVIVE AT WORK WITHOUT SLEEP" would be a hit with job seekers. (Not to mention that 100% of their blog content -- 7 posts -- was posted 3 days ago)

Re: Scammed By A Silicon Valley Startup

#48

Post by ursketchy »

programmer_guy wrote: post #41

Hey guys, just wanted to clear the air on some of the speculation: I'm actually with WrkRiot and can guarantee you we're not the company in question: I've got many weeks of paid on time pay stubs sitting right here. Plus we didn't have anyone matching any of the descriptions in this article. Interesting article though, it's really shitty some have bad experiences like this.

This makes me think this is WrkRiot's CEO posting making me think he's even sleazier then the post said

Re: Scammed By A Silicon Valley Startup

#50

Post by liquidise »

I found the bit about the negotiated salary of particular note. I have never included severance in my negotiations, mostly because i have always left my jobs willingly. Is that something more common than i know of? What is a reasonable target to aim for?
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