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Flexport is laying off 20% of its workforce

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Re: Flexport is laying off 20% of its workforce

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Post by pdntspa »

teraflop wrote: post #49
pdntspa wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Flexport is hiring" posts were popping up like weeds here on HN for a while. And they never allow comments, which I found to be highly suspicious.

"We're hiring" ads from YC companies get special placement on the front page, and (AFAIK) they always have comments turned off. Nothing nefarious about that.

I know that, but I think these hiring posts should allow comments. It is suspicious to me that they don't.

If these companies are truly as great a place to work as they claim to be, then they should be able to very easily defend that in a comment thread. The silence from a lack of discussion on these hiring posts is deafeaning.

Re: Flexport is laying off 20% of its workforce

#52

Post by SteveNuts »

florin_g wrote: post #47
rnk wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you explain what you are getting it with this comment? Somehow the plumber is doing real work and flexport has a bunch of lazy bums, or that would be beter than working at flexport financially?

It's not about bums. It's about returns. My comment is so real, I can send you invoice and pictures.

What's stopping you from doing this since it's incredibly lucrative?

Re: Flexport is laying off 20% of its workforce

#53

Post by causalmodels »

pdntspa wrote: post #51
teraflop wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"We're hiring" ads from YC companies get special placement on the front page, and (AFAIK) they always have comments turned off. Nothing nefarious about that.

I know that, but I think these hiring posts should allow comments. It is suspicious to me that they don't. If these companies are truly as great a place to work as they claim to be, then they should be able to very easily defend that in a comment thread. The silence from a lack of discussion on these hiring posts is deafeaning.

They’re not posts, they’re native ads.

Re: Flexport is laying off 20% of its workforce

#54

Post by paulddraper »

pdntspa wrote: post #51
teraflop wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"We're hiring" ads from YC companies get special placement on the front page, and (AFAIK) they always have comments turned off. Nothing nefarious about that.

I know that, but I think these hiring posts should allow comments. It is suspicious to me that they don't. If these companies are truly as great a place to work as they claim to be, then they should be able to very easily defend that in a comment thread. The silence from a lack of discussion on these hiring posts is deafeaning.

Are there comment sections on linked in jobs? Indeed?

Of course not don't be silly

Re: Flexport is laying off 20% of its workforce

#56

Post by florin_g »

SteveNuts wrote: post #52
florin_g wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not about bums. It's about returns. My comment is so real, I can send you invoice and pictures.

What's stopping you from doing this since it's incredibly lucrative?

I mark it up. I am a builder. The point is, you need to bring measurable value.

Re: Flexport is laying off 20% of its workforce

#57

Post by simoncion »

florin_g wrote: post #47
rnk wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you explain what you are getting it with this comment? Somehow the plumber is doing real work and flexport has a bunch of lazy bums, or that would be beter than working at flexport financially?

It's not about bums. It's about returns. My comment is so real, I can send you invoice and pictures.

If we assume a 50/50 split with the helper, and we assume that he can do one of those jobs every day of the week, then his GROSS receipts are only a little under twice my post-deductions cash NET. When we include my stock and bonus and factor in his costs and taxes, it looks even worse for the plumber.

It's good to know that plumbers make decent money. (And they SHOULD make much, much more.) But I will stick with programming for as long as I am able to.

Re: Flexport is laying off 20% of its workforce

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Post by spamizbad »

Aeolun wrote: post #55

At some point I had a good impression of Flexport (right when they were starting out). It was a bit ruined after a call with a recruiter about their tech practices, but the public news just takes the cake.

What was concerning about their tech practices?

Re: Flexport is laying off 20% of its workforce

#60

Post by harwoodjp »

Aeolun wrote: post #55

At some point I had a good impression of Flexport (right when they were starting out). It was a bit ruined after a call with a recruiter about their tech practices, but the public news just takes the cake.

I started to interview with them once and the recruiter kept prepping me about creating "signal" which felt weird/dehumanizing to me, so I dropped. They seem bro-ey and patriarchal.
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