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this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2025
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"love the uncertainty"
Yeah, nothing like insecurity. Everyone fucking loves the shit outta that fucking shit! Gimme it all. I want nerve wracking, potential poverty around every corner. That's the ticket!
Seriously though, WTF is wrong with this person?
They believe the bullshit they have been fed.
I didn't read the entire message but I think the response is simple:
"That is all well and good, but come IPO time, it is you, not me, who is getting paid. Make this a co-operative or give every employee a reasonable percentage of the company, and we can all decide if your idea is worth the risk."
You get this with startups. There's always some pillock who reckons that just because your employee number 17 means that somehow you should be as invested as they are despite the fact that you're getting the wage you're getting regardless. If you weren't a founding member, then it's just a job.
Sure if they do really well as a company maybe you could ask for a raise, but it's not a guarantee and it's not directly mapped to the company's success, so who cares.
If you ever work for a startup in the software industry make sure the base salary is good, because there's no guarantee that any shares in the businesses will ever be worth the paper they're written on. If the company does well, then great, but if it doesn't you still need to have been compensated for your time, after all it's not your fault that subscription-based water fountains didn't catch on.
Entrepreneur brain, stage 4, terminal