Seems like a last second deal. Doesn't inspire confidence. For context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42523061 And former CEO's post: https://x.com/ianwcrosby/status/1872724231999381790
Now with a list of Board of Directors
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Re: Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
#62Seems like a last second deal. Doesn't inspire confidence. For context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42523061 And former CEO's post: https://x.com/ianwcrosby/status/1872724231999381790
It's very possible it has been a deal long time in the making. When you're in an acquisition process, the acquirer will often prey on your weaknesses to get a better deal. If Employer.com had already been in talks prior to the shutdown, then they already knew the financial condition, they may have surprised Bench with a dramatic decrease in the purchase price at the 11th hour in an effort to get a better deal knowing…
Lousy behavior all the way around. And with SMB accounting on the last days of the year.
Re: Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
#63Quoted post unavailable.
It's never that smooth.
In fact 2M requests arrived on December 23rd from Claude alone for a single site.
Average 25qps is definitely an issue, these are all long tail dynamic pages.
Re: Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
#64For Bench customers that want to look elsewhere, Pilot is doing free migrations from Bench to QBO, even if you don't want to use Pilot. (So you can even take advantage of it if you want to instead DIY or work with some local firm.)
https://pilot.com/bench-qbo-migration
(Disclaimer is that I'm one of Pilot's founders.)
Re: Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
did it immediately let you proceed to your existing data
Yes. I'm able to log into the platform. You need to navigate to https://app.bench.co . I actually don't remember if they provided that URL, or if I just typed it into my browser out of habit. It may work for everyone who was on the platform.
have you found anyway to export this year's data? I've logged in but now I'm worried that somehow opts out of getting the export data
Re: Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
#66Would 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..."
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Re: Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
#67Earlier 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?
The article of this post
Re: Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
#68For Bench customers that want to look elsewhere, Pilot is doing free migrations from Bench to QBO, even if you don't want to use Pilot. (So you can even take advantage of it if you want to instead DIY or work with some local firm.) https://pilot.com/bench-qbo-migration (Disclaimer is that I'm one of Pilot's founders.)
Your free BOI filing (even if you don't want to use Pilot) is why I use Pilot.
Re: Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
#69Has anyone figured out how to download your data from Bench? In the original email they sent out that announced they were shutting down, they said data would be available to download from http://data.bench.co. But right now, this domain appears to be inactive. When I logged back in, they gave me the option to: give employer.com permission to access my data, or download my data. I selected the former option so that I could access the dashboard, but I'd still like to download my data in case it turns out I would like to migrate to a competing service.
Re: Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes. I'm able to log into the platform. You need to navigate to https://app.bench.co . I actually don't remember if they provided that URL, or if I just typed it into my browser out of habit. It may work for everyone who was on the platform.
have you found anyway to export this year's data? I've logged in but now I'm worried that somehow opts out of getting the export data
Same. The situation is clear as mud.