Ask HN: Bait and Switch

Posted by shareme on Friday February 25, 2011 @12:50PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I have to ask this:

I am keeping the names and certain details obtuse to protect the guilty..

Is it normal for a Startup to post job ads and than when they get ready to send 'a job contract' to a potential employee do a switch and write the contract as a temp gig with the worker taking 80% of the risks upfront in terms of getting paid, etc.?

No, I did not sign it..not that stupid

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Re:Ask HN: Bait and Switch by MrDunham on Friday February 25, 2011 @01:02PM (#2263094)

I think it's normal for founders to be clueless when it comes to hiring.

I can't answer your question directly, but I had something similar happen recently. For me they over promised and under delivered (no money).

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Re:Ask HN: Bait and Switch by gs8 on Saturday February 26, 2011 @12:13AM (#2264930)

No. But there is always someone trying to pull a fast one on someone else.

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