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Scammed By A Silicon Valley Startup
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#152> Employees and investors absolutely need the right to know about the people doing this "Michael" the CEO: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaacchae1981 "Charlie" the CTO: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albrown "Jessica" the CMO: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tess-stevens-28bb9138 Company: http://www.wrkriot.com/ + https://www.linkedin.com/company/7587861
Witch hunting.
You don't know the real story, especially just how 'evil' Jessica is.
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#153Hey 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.
Too bad this was down-voted, it's by far the most revealing post in the thread. (and most entertaining too)
I believe everybody was expecting this comment, also everybody was expecting the down-votes, so they have already scrolled down and found it.. :)
At-least, this was my thinking.
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#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, but that's not the point. Not everyone has $50k and the time to fight a libel/defamation suit.
True, but the alternative is letting people like this get away just because they have power and/or money. Tough situation to be in.
Not really. She left enough clues that people on HN could figure it all out pretty quickly. Seems like a good middle ground to exposing them but protecting yourself.
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#155Gosh this is awful. I'm glad Penny was able to get out when she could, but I can't imagine being in that experience.
And the marketing...if "wrkriot" is really the new site, this is just sad. The latest post on "Goals" is just SMART goals without even mentioning the acronym...wow.
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#157I've been burned repeatedly by startups recruiting me for one role which matches my experience/skillset, then after a month or so radically changing the role to one which I'd had no experience with. I get pivoting, I get needing to be flexible, but why would you hire someone skilled in networking operations and four weeks later decide that person need to design/develop your Windows application instead? I've always be…
> verify with the investors they claim to have backing from that they've actually invested in the company.
I'm curious, how would you go about doing this?
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#158well written story. with all the troubles, I wonder how the founder could just keep going. may be it is as the story says, "default human condition to not give up" but at what cost.
I suspect that he's probably convinced himself that they will one day be successful so these smaller missteps will be paid back several times over once they are. If he's been operating that way for a while, inertia must kick in, especially if no one is really calling him out on basic things like payroll. As Feynman once said, "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool."
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#159I think the title should be changed back. The author glosses over the single, real biggest red flag: She never received any paystubs and the company was late on payroll as of before she was hired I have never, ever been paid without either a paystub (as an employee) or generating an invoice which the business then paid (as a freelancer). The outright refusal to share how they arrived at the figure on her cashier's ch…
This is not a huge flag. When a company starts up, it's difficult for them to get the money operating as per regular.
He got paid - that's what matters.
The paystub is a minor thing/
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#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yep. Looks like it's now called "1for.one". Their CEO has a stock photo on LinkedIn and owned a mining corp.
I think 1for.one is the old name, then they changed it to jobsonic and, more recently, to wrkriot.com.
Wow, the author's description "anti-SEO name" doesn't quite do these justice. "1for.one" is cringey but "wrkriot.com" is just straight VC repellent.