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Miso pays disputed $10k referral bonus to ex-engineer, apologizes

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Re: Miso pays disputed $10k referral bonus to ex-engineer, apologizes

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Post by spitfire »

Utter crap. Rewriting history after you get called out is just pathetic.

They owed him money and either through mistake or malice didn't pay him. When he contacted them to correct it they tried to legalize their way out of it. If I wouldn't have anything to do with them before, I'm doubly unimpressed now.

Re: Miso pays disputed $10k referral bonus to ex-engineer, apologizes

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Post by rdl »

spitfire wrote: post #6

Utter crap. Rewriting history after you get called out is just pathetic. They owed him money and either through mistake or malice didn't pay him. When he contacted them to correct it they tried to legalize their way out of it. If I wouldn't have anything to do with them before, I'm doubly unimpressed now.

They paid him. They admitted they were wrong and apologized. They clarified their policy so people won't dispute it in the future.

I'm not sure exactly what more you'd expect them to do. I'm sure they wish they'd handled this differently, but once he posted it, they seem to have handled things reasonably well.

Plus, of course, you've only seen one side of the story. Even if the company has other facts, they can't present them publicly, because then they'd potentially be open to a lawsuit. Similar reasons why people don't give honest feedback after interviews, or referrals other than "yes, he worked at this company on those dates".

Re: Miso pays disputed $10k referral bonus to ex-engineer, apologizes

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Post by ckdarby »

This comment was on the actual site & clearly outlines how sketchy this company is!

I'm agreeing with the person above... This had nothing to do with your "company policy". It was clear in the 2nd email that you were trying to get away from paying $10k because your former employee dropped the database when there were no backups.

If the unclear policy was the real reason, your email would have implied that.

Re: Miso pays disputed $10k referral bonus to ex-engineer, apologizes

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Post by lsb »

relaunched wrote: post #5

I'm really glad Miso did the right thing. However, they should have done something extra, either monetary or otherwise. What's the tech equivalent of punitive damages?

Bad karma. People get hesitant to work at your company if you don't pay your employees, so you only get people who don't mind that risk.
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