Tell HN: Y Combinator backing AI company to abuse factory workers

Post by latexr » Thu, Feb 27, 2025, 10:49 PM UTC

mattmaroon wrote: post #197

latexr wrote: post #158

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I greatly value and respect your moderation work. That consideration made me temper my words in the title and the post’s description. I did not create the thread with the intent to cause a flamewar, and in fact didn’t even realise the scope of the story until the very first comment. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43170866 Everything I wrote was the conclusion of original research based entirely on what I read f…

The fact that you don't see how that title could have been more accurate and neutral is the problem with our world today. People think their opinions are fact, and their pre-existing political leanings are neutral objective reality. It's the word "abuse". Even in that very poorly-produced video, there was no abuse. Bad word choice at worst. There's nothing neutral about the assumption of abuse. And "Y Combinator back…

Post by beacon294 » Fri, Feb 28, 2025, 2:05 PM UTC

cruffle_duffle wrote: post #173

carabiner wrote: post #152

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I think people are thrown off by the Indian work culture shown in the video, which is very hierarchical and frequently involves parent-like scolding. That said, I think that culture is horrible and should be eliminated. I worked at an Indian consulting firm as the only American and experienced this firsthand.

It’s pretty wild when you witness that stuff after working in “traditional American tech companies” your entire career. That and the absolute abuse of metrics like story points for all kinds of things ranging from financial reporting to employee performance evaluation. It’s fucking wild. Makes you really appreciate how good some places can be.

Post by mariconrobot » Wed, Mar 05, 2025, 8:14 AM UTC

mattmaroon wrote: post #197

latexr wrote: post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I greatly value and respect your moderation work. That consideration made me temper my words in the title and the post’s description. I did not create the thread with the intent to cause a flamewar, and in fact didn’t even realise the scope of the story until the very first comment. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43170866 Everything I wrote was the conclusion of original research based entirely on what I read f…

The fact that you don't see how that title could have been more accurate and neutral is the problem with our world today. People think their opinions are fact, and their pre-existing political leanings are neutral objective reality. It's the word "abuse". Even in that very poorly-produced video, there was no abuse. Bad word choice at worst. There's nothing neutral about the assumption of abuse. And "Y Combinator back…