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Re:You Really Do Have To 'Drink The Kool-Aid' To Succeed At ... by cincinnatus on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @09:09AM (#5400609)
Doesn't sound remotely cult like. Sounds like good business.
Re:You Really Do Have To 'Drink The Kool-Aid' To Succeed At ... by sbilstein on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @09:34AM (#5400744)
Yep. Encouraging employees to be proud of their jobs/company and giving them a reason to do so is nice. Free fitness classes is an awesome perk.
Re:You Really Do Have To 'Drink The Kool-Aid' To Succeed At ... by jpdoctor on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @09:52AM (#5400847)
> Doesn't sound remotely cult like.

Well, from the HN cult anyway.

Re:You Really Do Have To 'Drink The Kool-Aid' To Succeed At ... by cincinnatus on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @10:43AM (#5401155)
HN isn't a cult, it is a zoo :-)
Re:You Really Do Have To 'Drink The Kool-Aid' To Succeed At ... by liedra on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @09:07AM (#5400595)
I don't see what's so radical here. It sounds like any other branded clothing/etc. sales-based job, really.
Re:You Really Do Have To 'Drink The Kool-Aid' To Succeed At ... by wangarific on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @09:34AM (#5400750)
And if you're going to be obsessed about something, there are far worse things than fitness.
Re:You Really Do Have To 'Drink The Kool-Aid' To Succeed At ... by Maven911 on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @09:07AM (#5400597)
Yeah Ive seen videos of their management and its definetely a hippie-style cultish cimpany, that doesn't mind starting their prices at 90$ for a pair of pants! And women love paying that since its stylish and hifgg quality
Re:You Really Do Have To 'Drink The Kool-Aid' To Succeed At ... by VLM on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @10:19AM (#5400984)
"that doesn't mind starting their prices at 90$ for a pair of pants"

As a kid I worked retail at a food store, but I always wondered how this worked financially with the womens clothes stores at the mall where you have to wear the product you sell, but its all super expensive "designer" and you only make minimum wage of course. Lets say a set of designer clothes costs $250 and you work there 5 days a week so you buy 5 sets of clothes per year, but you only get $7.25 and only 20 hrs/week so as to deny benefits. So you have to work more than two months per year just to pay for your own "uniform"... yikes.

Re:You Really Do Have To 'Drink The Kool-Aid' To Succeed At ... by up_and_up on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @09:57AM (#5400863)
Much ado about nothing...moving on...