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I reported this post for harassment. LinkedIn said "nope this is fine":
This is pretty fucking egregious. I don't care if the candidate was wildly unprofessional or not, you don't fucking drop names like this publicly.
If I was that candidate I'd be calling lawyers right about now.
Also, if you reported it, they don't let you see it afterwards, even if they refuse to take it down. So it may look like they've taken action when all they've done is make it sorta look like they did, just to you.
You didn’t think LinkedIn was doing anything wrong when they asked people to put up pictures of themselves? You didn’t catch on that LinkedIn is the biggest facilitator of workplace discrimination?
Bringing a beer to his interview was also a red flag. He brought exactly one beer. ONE.
I like how they say it's a mutual endeavor and yet they obviously wasted this applicant's time.
Good on Gupta for ghosting them.
The "unprofessional conduct" that he's alerting us to is his own behavior, right?
I read that and thought, "Whatever is coming is probably a huge breach of business etiquette." And I was right.
Edited to add: If the candidate's behavior in the interview was so egregious, why would you even waste your time with follow-up calls? It sounds like they wanted to hire the guy, but he wasn't interested in working for them after the interview. Sour grapes, anyone?
I would guess the "money-driven mindset" had a lot to do with it. The interview went well, he was a good fit, but they didn't offer him enough. With some back and forth on compensation souring communications enough to make the owner butt hurt enough to post this.
Exactly... Do these idiots not realize how easily readable they are? I've never subjected myself to LinkedIn, so I couldn't say, but do people actually respond positively to posts like this there?
I imagine if he's money driven he'll sue their asses off for defamation and get a new car.
I think this would be considered libel. But I'm no lawyer.
I’ma lawyer but I only work for LinkedIn fluffing so unfortunately I can’t help him.
Yep, his post is pretty unprofessional.
Should have applied for a management position. Seems aptly qualified.
Soft attempt at blacklisting.
Key word "soft". What a little bitch.
He might have wanted to run this by an HR person before posting. Asshat is definitely getting sued for this.
The company looks to be from India so he most probably isn't getting sued, sadly.
CEO's location is listed as "The Greater Chicago Area"
I can't tell if Yash was the interviewer or interviewee.
The CEO's title doesn't match the company mentioned.
Not sure what they offered him but they probably handed him a settlement
Sounds like someone who got lowballed, said "no thank you", and a CEO with a chip on their shoulder got butthurt.
"What do you mean you don't want to base your livelihood on my bullshit hobby "business" that will completely fall apart within the next two years?"
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All 3 companies he has “founded” are only 7 months old. Prior to that he has been mostly a scrum master and business analyst. He has no people management experience, no experience in establishing and executing strategies, and this post illustrates all of these short comings.
scrum master
I fucking hate corporate lingo.
This isn’t about this company, but this post just gave me PTSD from a recent interview process.
“Soo, we can’t offer you a salary even though our job listing said we would. But you’ll get 5% stake in our startup, which I’m sure will do great even though I’m using my parents money and have zero business experience! Also no vacation, 60 hour work weeks, oh and no health insurance either. We’re a small business trying to make it work!”
Legitimately had this experience after a fucking 5-stage interview process for some small startup, promising a “competitive compensation package”. I guess I should’ve been more assertive in asking their salary range when they kept giving me vague hints at a bullshit compensation.
Waste of fucking time and money. I could tell they were annoyed that I didn’t treat them as if they were Gods offering me a place in eternal bliss. I said “So you guys can’t offer me an actual salary?” and they had the audacity to come back with “well not everything is about money”…says the dude whose parents gave him $1.5 million seed money to start his own little “marketing” company.
When I declined the offer, they quipped with “Thank you for taking 8 hours of our valuable time to get to learn about the company and drink our coffee”. They also said they would reimburse my parking (city parking) to make the interviews. That never happened. Down about $150 and 8 hours. Did they expect me to fall for some sort of sunk-cost fallacy?
The ego and audacity some of these people have astonishes me. They must be so fucking miserable on the inside.
When I declined the offer, they quipped with “Thank you for taking 8 hours of our valuable time to get to learn about the company and drink our coffee”.
Oh man, this would have made me see red. You have more self control than I do if you were able to ignore that and move on. Like really? You're gonna get snarky with me?
Ask for salary in writing, always. Usually email is easy.
This is exactly the kind of behavior that modern capitalism produces: money, power, and growth at any cost. Other humans are no longer people or equals, they are tools. Morals and ethics must be left behind to "succeed".
All while criticizing others for being so venal they want to be able to buy food.
Probably not even a real doctor either.
It is all suspect. He got his degree in 2016, Masters in 2015, Phd in 2020. The Yatiken he associates himself with on his linked in was started in 2014 so he is not the founder of that Yatiken. There is another Yatiken company registered in 2020 that lists him but amusingly has him no longer being a manager in 2021.
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A CEO accusing someone else of having a money driven mindset sure is something.
It's a job, not a fucking relationship, what other kind of mindset are you supposed to have?
These people are fucking delusional
Well, my boss pays us very badly but regularly reminds us that we are all just one big happy family. These people seem to be everywhere and they have no self-awareness and no imagination about how to live life. And their entire ego is invested in their work, so they're very touchy.
I can't think of a faster way to make me not want to work for you than for you to post details about my name, current work, and our interview.
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Holy hell they're even astroturfing their thread. Report for harassment, it includes doxxing someone.
“Only connections can comment on this post.”
Yeah, they’re clearly butthurt from all the constructive criticism.
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