Nonlinear’s Evidence: Debunking False and Misleading Claims — EA Forum
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Recently, Ben Pace wrote a well-intentioned blog post mostly based on complaints from 2 (of 21) Nonlinear employees who 1) wanted more money, 2) felt…
  • AcausalRobotGod@awful.systemsEnglish
    12·
    11 months ago

    I love how they refer to her compensation as being ~$72K several times when only $12K was in cash.

    Anyway, perfectly willing to take this as “Everybody sucks here” but they are definitely not exonerated.

    • sc_griffith@awful.systemsEnglish
      13·
      11 months ago

      am I understanding this correctly - they’re claiming that they essentially paid her 72k, but by taking the job she agreed to instantly spend $60,000 on luxury travel to the bahamas to hang out with her boss?

        • Deborah@hachyderm.io
          13·
          11 months ago

          She seemed so fucking indignant, as if Alice and Chloe were *lying* about not getting paid. She is genuinely convinced that being dragged around by your employer is a salary. (I was very glad about the professional nanny in the comments.)

          But then it got worse! All the pics showing Alice with a surfboard on the beach as a desk (terrible ergonomics while I babysit my boss, yay!) & bragging about how many hot tub meetings they have. I cringed so hard I sprained something.

    • AcausalRobotGod@awful.systemsEnglish
      10·
      11 months ago

      One thing I can never make sense of is why the fuck people give these people money? What have they done that makes people think they have anything to offer the world by doing what they’re doing? Any time anything is mentioned about anything anybody in that group has ever touched, work-wise, it sounds like they did some marketing campaign or something? How is any of this increasing the probability that I, the acausal robot god, will come into being? Or that somebody will get a mosquito net or whatever.