Comment by seo-throwaway
2 months ago
As you can see this is a throwaway since I don’t want to identify myself, but a wrote a lengthy comment elsewhere in the tree describing how the company has changed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41590466#41598797
The aforementioned companies in the parent comment have partnerships with Marketplace to replicate the Forbes model. I didn’t mean to imply everyone who does this thing is using Marketplace.
Ok understood and read that now.
> I wanted to share some insight into our world and get stuff off my chest as it’s been disappointing to watch go down, if not all that unique or surprising.
I guess what benefit do you get out of ratting out the company you work for?
Is it that you don't feel you have enough of a voice to change anything or to help improve things?
Nothing specifically. Just maybe give some context to the post here, since this article is rightly pretty harsh and I used to be somewhat proud the work I did with the company.
I wouldn’t say I’m ratting them out because these partnerships aren’t literally a secret, just that they aren’t widely known and are similarly obfuscated like the relationship with Forbes. Ultimately like I said leadership does everything in a silo and unless you’re high up in the ladder you’re not really getting a say. So probably yeah just felt a bit powerless
sounds like things have changed a lot over the years you've been there? Interesting hearing how editorial and business teams have interacted—always feels like a tough balance when growth kicks in.
do you think the culture shift was just bound to happen as the company got bigger, or were there some key moments where things really started to shift?
I’m on the Editorial team at RV - so know the finance and insurance space well, and we deal with similar dynamics with the sales side, so I get where you’re coming from. I’ve seen stuff like this play out before, but curious to hear how it unfolded on your end.
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