Re:Ask HN: Is this a bad sign?
by k__ on Friday July 29, 2016 @07:00AM
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I'm a remote worker in a start-up too and had a similar problem.
Last year in August they told me, they will get an investor in a few months and if I could wait for my money till then.
The discussions with the investor took a 2/3 year and I got paid last month.
They paid a bills sporadically in that time and in the end I had to wait for half a year of payment.
Most people would have already stopped working. I didn't because it's my first remote job and I wanted to tell future customers that I worked more than a year as remote worker.
Also, I knew they got some buying offers from bigger companies, so the discussions with the investors weren't about "if" they get money from them, but how to get as much as possible from them.
I think this is a special case, because most start-ups don't get any buying offers and really struggle with their finances. I wouldn't have done it, if I didn't know about this...
Last year in August they told me, they will get an investor in a few months and if I could wait for my money till then.
The discussions with the investor took a 2/3 year and I got paid last month.
They paid a bills sporadically in that time and in the end I had to wait for half a year of payment.
Most people would have already stopped working. I didn't because it's my first remote job and I wanted to tell future customers that I worked more than a year as remote worker.
Also, I knew they got some buying offers from bigger companies, so the discussions with the investors weren't about "if" they get money from them, but how to get as much as possible from them.
I think this is a special case, because most start-ups don't get any buying offers and really struggle with their finances. I wouldn't have done it, if I didn't know about this...