News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Zenefits Scandal Highlights Perils of Hypergrowth at Startups. Parent comment

Re:Zenefits Scandal Highlights Perils of Hypergrowth at Star... by Pxtl on Thursday February 18, 2016 @08:34AM (#11125573)
They voluntarily admitted to it. Considering the macro just prevented auto-logout, would that even have ruined them? Im betting they could have quietly stopped using the macro once it was identified as a problem and gotten away with it.

I wonder if this is really just the result of infighting more than regulation.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Zenefits Scandal Highlights Perils of Hypergrowth at Star... by jessaustin on Thursday February 18, 2016 @08:38AM (#11125604)
Yeah the hack was just a pretext. The explanation for why everybody hates the former CEO isn't difficult to find in TFA:

People were given low salaries with the promise of increases when funding came through, but Zenefits didn’t make good on those promises when it raised new investments.

[ Parent | on HN ]