Re:Big companies collude to hold down pay.
by arethuza on Friday September 17, 2010 @04:40AM
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On the recreational pharmaceuticals point...
Year ago we were getting our second round of VC investment from a group of companies that included an American VC company (we were in the UK and our first round had been from UK VCs only).
I remember saying to our dev team "these guys want compulsory drug testing for all staff" (I was joking) - the looks of horror on the faces of the best developers in the team were priceless.
Re:Big companies collude to hold down pay.
by brlewis on Friday September 17, 2010 @06:42AM
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I've never used illegal drugs, and I would be horrified myself at that kind of request. I would see it as an indicator the VC company wanted a distrustful, adversarial relationship.
Year ago we were getting our second round of VC investment from a group of companies that included an American VC company (we were in the UK and our first round had been from UK VCs only).
I remember saying to our dev team "these guys want compulsory drug testing for all staff" (I was joking) - the looks of horror on the faces of the best developers in the team were priceless.