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Re:Can a startup do well with mediocre early employees? by gtirloni on Thursday December 07, 2023 @03:08PM (#38561164)
> You'll have to decide if prioritising the success of the company is more important than being nice

There's nothing to decide. OP said they are not in a position of power to fire those employees.

I've been in this situation and no amount of taking to founders helped. Maybe OP is in a different position but unless they were brought in to fix something urgent, I doubt the founders actually think there's a problem at all.

In my situation, I realized I was fighting up and down with people that didn't see the problem or didn't care so I just stopped. There's no point in trying to "fix" something nobody sees as a problem. Either you compromise your quality and get with the program or you just quit.

Re:Can a startup do well with mediocre early employees? by asilia on Thursday December 07, 2023 @05:19PM (#38562627)
Thank you both for your input.

@gtirloni can you share more about your experiences talking to founders? Did they just disagree with you that there was a problem at all?