Ask HN: Tools or sites you use to scope out a workplace before taking a job?

Post by lynnetye » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 5:28 PM UTC

moonka wrote: post #18

lynnetye wrote: post #14

If you're a software engineer (or will work closely w/ engineers), I built Key Values ( https://www.keyvalues.com ) to help w/ this. Before building KV though, my research process included looking for and reading: - the company's career and about us pages - an active blog w/ recent posts (w/in the last 2 months) - LinkedIn / Twitter / GitHub of founders and existing team members (I'd also look for any old blogs writt…

Key Values is a very cool idea! Have you thought about adding a location filter?

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 5:34 PM UTC

Post by def_true_false » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 5:35 PM UTC

rob_b wrote: post #16

bjornlouser wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course not. You tell the old job that you have a personal crisis and that you would love to stay on as a part-time remote consultant...

No offense, but that approach would make me not want to hire someone like that or work with someone like that. It may appear that you’re pulling one over on your previous employer, but if anything, that is probably a blessing for them to no longer have someone that operates in a shady fashion like that employed by them. Edit: The undesirable behavior was in reference to the lying about a personal crisis. I personally…

Post by devrod » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 5:36 PM UTC

Rooster61 wrote: post #17

Used to use Glassdoor, but it has become progressively more rude/pay-walled over the years, and they allow more paid employer astroturfing than they used to. I suppose that's just a sign of the times, and I don't necessarily have a grudge against the company for doing so. It does however mean that the site is no longer useful to this end, at least for me. As for directly contacting a company, I tend not to. Sometimes…

Post by fucking_tragedy » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 5:37 PM UTC

rob_b wrote: post #16

bjornlouser wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course not. You tell the old job that you have a personal crisis and that you would love to stay on as a part-time remote consultant...

No offense, but that approach would make me not want to hire someone like that or work with someone like that. It may appear that you’re pulling one over on your previous employer, but if anything, that is probably a blessing for them to no longer have someone that operates in a shady fashion like that employed by them. Edit: The undesirable behavior was in reference to the lying about a personal crisis. I personally…