Exit story · Early Startup
Started My Own Thing. First Hire Gets Cliff Acceleration In Writing.
EquityWasFake_Ravi·Severance Survivor
Ex-Zenlark·Founding Engineer·Engineering·1 year, 11 months·Remote (Toronto)
· Left in 2026
5.5
Toxicity
The LinkedIn Spin
Excited to announce I'm building something new with an incredible co-founder. Details soon!
The Unfiltered Truth
Two months out. Building a small tool with one other escapist from this site. Offer letters have acceleration on termination without cause and the equity math on page one. It cost me nothing to add and I wish someone had done it for me.
Red flags
- #Doing It Better
Reality check
Work-life balance
4/5
Management sanity
4/5
Compensation reality
3/5
Gaslighting frequency
1/5