American tech startup equates late pay with future success, cites Facebook and Googles early days

Updated on: Oct 14, 2025 03:03 am IST

A Reddit consumer claimed that in an interview, the founding father of an American startup didn’t make a constructive first impression as a consequence of his remarks.

The journey of becoming a member of a startup is usually offered as an thrilling leap, however one candidate’s expertise shortly changed into a masterclass in pink flags after an interview with the founder. A Redditor opened up concerning the points in post-interview suggestions.

A Reddit consumer’s publish about an interview full of ‘pink flags’ has gone viral. (Representational picture). (Unsplash)

“Follow as much as an insane interview I had with a startup firm – the audacity of those folks,” the Reddit consumer wrote. The particular person posted a textual content dialog with the corporate’s HR.

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The textual content message reveals the candidate rejecting a job provide. When requested why, the Redditor shared about recognizing “quite a few goal pink flags,” including that it signalled “disorganisation and chaos.” The candidate additionally recalled the founder’s remarks about late cost to staff. In a reply, the corporate defended that by citing the early days of tech giants Facebook and Google.

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How did social media react?

An particular person wrote, “These varieties of workplaces are filled with excuses and justifications as if they’ve by no means labored elsewhere. Whenever I attempted to offer suggestions, even once they requested me to do unlawful issues, they all the time tried to make me seem to be I used to be overreacting. So why do they ask?”

Another remarked, “This is typical. The folks on the high of a dysfunctional startup have dedicated to defending the unhealthy government and enterprise behaviour. They will defend it.”

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A 3rd mentioned, ” The payroll reply is a large pink flag. It feels like they’re nonetheless having ongoing funding points.” The OP responded, “They are. What’s funnier is that the founder, within the first interview, thoughts you, additionally mentioned that he’s been making this app for 9 years—and it’s been a wrestle, however now all the pieces is in place, and now they’ll begin really earning profits! I want I recorded the interview as a result of it was actually nonstop pink flags.”

(Disclaimer: This report relies on user-generated content material from social media. HT.com has not independently verified the claims and doesn’t endorse them.)

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