This Startup Asked An Employee To Work For 4 Months Without Pay

Bart Eshwar

Startups are seen as places where employee rights are at the forefront – there are usually no fixed working hours, no dress codes, and no unnecessary hierarchical procedures. In the past few years, people have joined the startup wave in droves, enamoured by the promise of better working conditions and more substantive work. However amidst the unstructured and disruptive environment that startups operate in, employee rights often fall by the wayside.

CEO Withdraws Job Offer After Candidate Posts Question On Quora

Bart Eshwar

It’s not uncommon for people to turn to the internet for advice in choosing jobs. An engineer from the US, who had job offers from Quora and Zenefits, did exactly that. He posted a thread entitled “What is the best way to start my career: Uber or Zenefits?” on Quora, a popular discussion forum. Things did not quite go as planned when the CEO of Zenefits happened to come across his post and publicly withdrew his job offer.