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Jan 24, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
I spent the last 2mo talking to 20+ employees at the tech unicorn Patreon. They described a mission-driven startup crumbling under the leadership of YouTuber turned CEO Jack Conte

There's 6-figure discrimination settlements, sketchy stock sales & more:
theinformation.com/articles/at-pa… Patreon made six-figure settlement payments to 3 female employees who said they'd experienced unequal treatment by Conte & other execs on account of their sex

One ex-employee spoke on record about her experience, settlement, & why she won't be silenced
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Nov 10, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
an actual quote from twitter's all hands today: Image gizmo says she is flattered but not for sale Image
Aug 4, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
Amazon has officially launched a (costly) 12 week training program to teach people to launch their own trucking businesses exclusively transporting Amazon freight

The goal is to more than double the size of Amazon's trucking fleet without having to actually hire any drivers Amazon presents the AFP program as a great money making opportunity for entrepreneurs

But in internal company documents, it acknowledges that the program likely won't be the best fit for folks who "optimize for maximum revenue/ profit"

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