Would you trust Employer when their "About" page looks like this? https://www.employer.com/about "Our Story There are many variations of passages of available, but the majority have suffered alteration in some form, by injected humour, or randomised words which don't look even..."
Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
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Re: Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
#22Would you trust Employer when their "About" page looks like this? https://www.employer.com/about "Our Story There are many variations of passages of available, but the majority have suffered alteration in some form, by injected humour, or randomised words which don't look even..."
edit: after reading Recruiter.com's investor filings (as they're a public company) the acquisition of Bench is going to kill them. The founder has gone hog wild on acquisitions despite having barely enough income to support them. It's a tale as old as time: a medium successful company goes public and starts issuing shares to fund acquisitions at a rate far outpacing the business growth and suddenly, one day, the music stops and everything comes crashing down.
Re: Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
#23Would you trust Employer when their "About" page looks like this? https://www.employer.com/about "Our Story There are many variations of passages of available, but the majority have suffered alteration in some form, by injected humour, or randomised words which don't look even..."
Employer.com is a new "brand" from long-established Recruiter.com. My guess is that Recruiter.com planned to launch Employer.com in the near-term, and they saw the Bench.co shutdown as the perfect opportunity so they've sped up their plans and "launched" employer.com. edit: after reading Recruiter.com's investor filings (as they're a public company) the acquisition of Bench is going to kill them. The founder has gone…
Re: Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
#24What a comedy of errors. So they screw over their paying customers without any notice and now suddenly they are acquired ? I love capitalism but the way Bench handled this is a disaster and left so many customers unsure of what to do. Especially at year end when accounting becomes even more critical. Shameful.
There's not really an economic philosophy that can protect people from bad decisions. In the middle of year end accounting though, this was a train wreck.
Re: Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
#25What a comedy of errors. So they screw over their paying customers without any notice and now suddenly they are acquired ? I love capitalism but the way Bench handled this is a disaster and left so many customers unsure of what to do. Especially at year end when accounting becomes even more critical. Shameful.
Re: Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
#26Would you trust Employer when their "About" page looks like this? https://www.employer.com/about "Our Story There are many variations of passages of available, but the majority have suffered alteration in some form, by injected humour, or randomised words which don't look even..."
What’s the mission behind Strivo?
If you are going to use a passage of text, you need to be sure there isn't anything. There are many variations of passages of available, but the majority have suffered alteration in some form, by injected humour, or randomised words.
Re: Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
#27> Your service will continue seamlessly with the platform you’ve always trusted. Uh, I think that trust may be a bit compromised until they explain what the hell happened.
> Welcome Back [...] More information on how to continue your services will be available soon.
Re: Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
#28Would you trust Employer when their "About" page looks like this? https://www.employer.com/about "Our Story There are many variations of passages of available, but the majority have suffered alteration in some form, by injected humour, or randomised words which don't look even..."
Re: Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Employer.com is a new "brand" from long-established Recruiter.com. My guess is that Recruiter.com planned to launch Employer.com in the near-term, and they saw the Bench.co shutdown as the perfect opportunity so they've sped up their plans and "launched" employer.com. edit: after reading Recruiter.com's investor filings (as they're a public company) the acquisition of Bench is going to kill them. The founder has gone…
I am not doubting you, but where did you hear this abut recruiter.com?