[–] cranberryturkey 2y ago ↗ this is sad. i feel for her. i went through this in august, still haven't gotten an offer yet. [–] apstats 2y ago ↗ The worst part to me is their inability to tell the truth because of what seems to be legal reasons? [–] upon_drumhead 2y ago ↗ It’s not illegal to tell the truth, but it might open them up for lawsuits, so there’s little to no upside for the company and an unknown possible downside, so no one does it. [–] itsdrewmiller 2y ago ↗ Where did they not tell the truth? Is zero sales in four months normal performance?
[–] apstats 2y ago ↗ The worst part to me is their inability to tell the truth because of what seems to be legal reasons? [–] upon_drumhead 2y ago ↗ It’s not illegal to tell the truth, but it might open them up for lawsuits, so there’s little to no upside for the company and an unknown possible downside, so no one does it. [–] itsdrewmiller 2y ago ↗ Where did they not tell the truth? Is zero sales in four months normal performance?
[–] upon_drumhead 2y ago ↗ It’s not illegal to tell the truth, but it might open them up for lawsuits, so there’s little to no upside for the company and an unknown possible downside, so no one does it.
[–] itsdrewmiller 2y ago ↗ Where did they not tell the truth? Is zero sales in four months normal performance?
[–] jsnell 2y ago ↗ dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38963678related ongoing discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38961859
[–] ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago ↗ are we starting to see the fall of cloudflare now? i doubt they were fully the product of the 0% environment but are they in a good spot?all these companies have pretty weird practices though.
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[ 0.24 ms ] story [ 26.1 ms ] threadrelated ongoing discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38961859
all these companies have pretty weird practices though.