I'm a former Miso engineer and the founders screwed me out of 10k

Post by arbales » Fri, May 11, 2012, 12:50 AM UTC

peetahb wrote: post #271

arbales wrote: post #229

Really disappointed by this post. As a long time friend of Miso and the awesome people there – the people responsible for several awesome open source projects (Padrino, RABL, to name a few) – it makes me really bummed someone would choose to bring an issue up in this way. I've never heard of a former employee receiving a bonus – referral or otherwise. The idea of a referral bonus is rewarding someone for /growing/ th…

There's nothing wrong with badmouthing brogrammers, true story.

Post by veemjeem » Fri, May 11, 2012, 12:51 AM UTC

nostromo wrote: post #60

Taking this "public" seems like a lose-lose. Miso doesn't come off super awesome obviously, but as a disgruntled employee, you're not setting yourself up for success either. For example, should some future employer decide to Google your name before making an offer, they're likely to come up with an old spat between you and your employer. Even if you're in the right, it will make them think twice about hiring you. Thi…

Post by arbales » Fri, May 11, 2012, 12:55 AM UTC

yoav wrote: post #96

This is like deciding to leave a company and emailing them a month later to make sure their product roadmap is still the same. The bonus was an incentive, which you clearly didn't care about because: a) you forgot about it, and b) you referred your friend who you would have referred anyway Making it "public" now is just vindictive. If you forgetting about your own bonus for months, and then another month after leavin…

Post by arbales » Fri, May 11, 2012, 12:58 AM UTC

fleitz wrote: post #77

Stop calling it a bonus, it isn't, it's payment for your services of recruitment. The offer came as part of a written agreement from an officer of the company in relation to the duties required by employees (adding the optional duty of recruitment) and their remuneration for performing said services (your payment for recruitment). Looks like a duck, quacks like a duck. Bonuses are when you receive additional pay for…

Post by accin » Fri, May 11, 2012, 1:01 AM UTC

arbales wrote: post #294

accin wrote: post #270

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>> The idea of a referral bonus is rewarding someone for /growing/ the team, and if you leave before that term is up, or if you leave before you file for the bonus, it's ridiculous to ask for it later – especially when you've already deflated your good will with a company What is the "term" that you're referring to in "leaving before the term?" From the blog post, it seems like the author "grew" the team by successfu…

"or if you leave before you file for the bonus" my point is asking for a bonus for growing the team /after/ you've left, thereby shrinking the team, is kinda silly.