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They had that cert for the last ~3 years and were audited yearly and had a standard package to share with clients so doubt there's much to this rumor
Nope, just confirmed, they refused to share SOC2 Report with their paying customers.
I'd think that the last thing a company wants to do is hire an bookkeeping company that seems shady.
I was just sold bench.co for my three businesses and the sales person Luc Lewarne made me sign a payment agreement with Capchase. The agreement states that I still owe Capchase the full amount for a year, even if Bench.co shuts down... Does anyone have any contacts or experience with Capchase? I never even started my service, which was supposed to begin January 1st, 2025 and now I will have to pay out 12 months to Ca…
Shaming companies is fine, shaming individual workers is not; usually they are powerless, likely here too.
If you’re a tech startup and previously used Bench, I’d strongly encourage you to check out Pilot.com - we work with literally thousands of startups. (Disclaimer: I’m one of the founders.)
What are the best alternatives?
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I wonder why that place can't compete with American cities, i think even Toronto /Montreal is more successful than Vancouver.
for one the low salary must be demoralizing on top of being one of the most expensive cities in the world.
have there been notable canadian startup unicorn that turned IPO or major acquisition (100x ROI and up?) other than Shopify?
seems like nobody can really compete with America when it comes to creating IPOs and billionaires.
Bench was a terrible service in my experience. I used it for one of my startups a few years ago. I personally invested a lot into said start-up. I checked my books and everything seemed ok. Eventually I found that they had hidden my Gusto payroll line items from view and they were no longer taken into consideration in my books. This led to a $300k shortfall from where I thought I was vs reality. Their team just shrug…
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Bench just forced me to switch to an annual contract a few days ago too. What a bunch of crooks.
Wait a minute, they pushed you into an annual contract? And now that they aren't going to perform their end of the contract? This is fascinating. That smells like actual fraud on their part.
Off topic, but what is going on with the comments in this discussion? Seems like a ton of new accounts, and strange behavior like commenting gibberish or exact same comment text within minutes of each other, for example: strattonoak 39 minutes ago | prev | next [–] The no access to data smells like a ransomware event. Why is data not available to export out and everything is taken down and not accessible? Seems like…
My guess is that this page is ranking very high for the kind of search anyone would use for finding out more about the closure. So disgruntled customers are finding the page and complain, competitors are finding the page to use for lead generation.
(But the specific accounts mentioned by the GP were a bit of a special case.)
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