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Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by neon_electro on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @02:49PM (#33974701)
To add anecdata to your post here, in the height of the hiring craze last year, I accepted an "above-market" (from my perspective) offer from a company called Provi. They took less than a week from initial recruiter call to offer.

Fast forward to this past February, and I'm being let go for "performance reasons", but it's a lot clearer in retrospect that I should've been failed out of their interview process if it was any good, and that seeking to hire someone within a week is now sort of a yellow flag for me.

I want to move fast, but I also want my counter-party to do proper due diligence.

Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by JamesBarney on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:27PM (#33987627)
What do you think they should have asked you that would have properly filtered you out?
Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by neon_electro on Sunday December 18, 2022 @05:20PM (#34044273)
I don't know - isn't that the employer's problem, not mine?

I was let go two weeks after they acquired a competitor. They claimed it was my performance that was the reason I was being let go, but when you have zero "negative performance" conversations with your manager despite having regular weekly/semi-weekly 1-1s, it's clear to me "performance" was not the driving issue.

Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by mejutoco on Thursday December 15, 2022 @08:52AM (#33999455)
How long did it take them to let you go?
Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by neon_electro on Sunday December 18, 2022 @05:19PM (#34044261)
I was there four months in total. They acquired a competitor two weeks before I was let go. I can connect the dots.
Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by Firmwarrior on Friday December 16, 2022 @01:22AM (#34011173)
Are you sure that wasn't a spot of impostor syndrome? Or do you think it was just a bad culture fit?
Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by neon_electro on Sunday December 18, 2022 @05:19PM (#34044246)
They acquired a competitor, doubling their headcount. Two weeks later, I was being let go.