Is This “Professional”?

Question

Recently "discovered" this company jobs page:https://skio.com/careers/Do people want to work for a company that talks this way in their official communication? Does it cause them to question how they may be treated as an employee or how the company might deal with sensitive internal issues, conduct business, etc?

sbuk · Accepted Answer

You're pre series A, yet you're calling a potential $2.1 billion competitor "incompetent". I find that a turn off. Never refer to the competition as incompetent - it will ultimately lead to complacency. Just my 2 cents :)The rest sounds good!

delgaudm · Answer

>We're a pre-series A startup "regiciding" a $2.1b incumbent
>think about all the 2am kbbq/pizzas!
>You can do jackshit and make more money. We try really hard though :-)
Jeez. Did Kendall Roy write those JDs? Dude. Bro. Like we're gonna regicide bro. Bro, do you even own a vest?

crate_barre · Answer

To be totally honest? Who the fuck knows. It’s a shit show out there. They could be all the things you are suggesting, or none of those things. A more typical sounding job post could signal … nothing as well. Granted, even this reads typically to me, but that might have more to do with my JIT translating of bullshit as I read it. For example, ‘We prefer to hire 1 great fit, versus hire 3 good fits’, translation ‘your ass has to move super fast or we are absolutely firing you’.
Things get even harder when their product doesn’t even exist yet or available to use. You can’t assess their values.
Yeah, who the fuck knows! They offer money and are looking for the best. Give it a go, what more can you do.

slater · Answer

I guess it works both ways... personally I wouldn't call that professional, but OTOH they're looking for a somewhat specific person & culture fit, so good on them for advertising THEIR office/business culture...?

lifeplusplus · Answer

Not boring at least

Is This “Professional”?

You're pre series A, yet you're calling a potential $2.1 billion competitor "incompetent". I find that a turn off. Never refer to the competition as incompetent - it will ultimately lead to complacency. Just my 2 cents :)The rest sounds good!

>We're a pre-series A startup "regiciding" a $2.1b incumbent>think about all the 2am kbbq/pizzas!>You can do jackshit and make more money. We try really hard though :-)Jeez. Did Kendall Roy write those JDs? Dude. Bro. Like we're gonna regicide bro. Bro, do you even own a vest?

I guess it works both ways... personally I wouldn't call that professional, but OTOH they're looking for a somewhat specific person & culture fit, so good on them for advertising THEIR office/business culture...?

Not boring at least

You're pre series A, yet you're calling a potential $2.1 billion competitor "incompetent". I find that a turn off. Never refer to the competition as incompetent - it will ultimately lead to complacency. Just my 2 cents :)
The rest sounds good!

>We're a pre-series A startup "regiciding" a $2.1b incumbent
>think about all the 2am kbbq/pizzas!
>You can do jackshit and make more money. We try really hard though :-)
Jeez. Did Kendall Roy write those JDs? Dude. Bro. Like we're gonna regicide bro. Bro, do you even own a vest?