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This kind of thinking is why a lot of market place startups fail. You have two parties engaging with each other in a subpar way, and your solution is to make t
by digitallogic 4mo ago
This kind of thinking is why a lot of market place startups fail.
You have two parties engaging with each other in a subpar way, and your solution is to make things better for one party (hiring side) and significantly worse for the other (candidates). Trying to convince candidates that this is good for them, won't make it so. Eg:
> Every stamp that you hand out, pass or fail, leaves a candidate richer than they showed up. This attracts strong candidates to you, because even your rejections are worth something to them.
Candidates don't want stamps. They want stable work.
- MinimalAction 4mo agoYes! At some point, the author even complains about the (weaker) US law for employee on how it's a mess to fire somebody, but easy to let go from an internship. So much about stability that employees seek.
- jagged-chisel 4mo agoA mess to fire someone? Every state except Montana lets employers fire without giving a reason.
- mooreds 4mo agoFrom the article: > In the U.S. you generally can’t just up and fire someone, even if they are underperforming, even if it’s at-will employment, without risking a lawsuit and some sort of cash outlay. This is what makes hiring decisions so high-stakes. I've been part of a few situations where someone had to be let go in the USA, and I can tell you it wasn't a trivial decision. There were legal aspects, sure, but there was also a personal aspect. As a boss said once "this is someone's life we're talking about here".
- rustystump 4mo agoThis is why severance even 2 weeks of it is common. To get it, gotta sign that giving up legal action for the money.
- yawnxyz 4mo agoin most states, as long as it's not discriminatory, you CAN fire anyone for any reason the article is wrong here
- mooreds 4mo agoThere's the legal world and then there's the world of custom and ethics. They don't always diverge, but in my experience they do. At least over the last 25 years in the tech spaces I've been part of, I rarely hear of people being dismissed/let go quickly. #anecdata
- sitzkrieg 4mo agois this sarcasm? tech industry has some of the worst layoffs ever. i have personally seen several different employers notify employees day of firing they no longer have a job
- Cpoll 4mo agoNo-one in this thread is talking about layoffs, they're talking about individual firings.
- mooreds 4mo agoNot sarcasm. I guess I've just had different experiences than you. The larger point of the effort involved before the employees' last day still stands. But that's a hard one to speak to generally, since most folks in layoffs or firings don't talk about the process used to arrive at the decisions.
- cherry_tree 4mo agoYou haven’t experienced the last 2 years of layoffs across the tech industry? Do you have any friends in the industry? Do you avoid news about the industry?
- gruez 4mo agoI don't care about the notice period. I care about how much severance I'm getting. I'd be fine with no notice if the severance was generous.