startedatatechunicorn

Sr. Account Executive (Client Dev) | Sales Team Lead

Personal Narrative

Your company & your reputation - re: effects and repercussions (from ‘espionage’ and beyond)

all the current drama / news highlights in this HR tech face-off has me thinking... how much does a/your current company reflect your own reputation & personal brand? if you work at a mid-size company (that becomes embroiled in scandal/etc) are individual sellers themselves then donning a big scarlet letter? is being associated with a messy situation going to negatively affect your own prospects going forward?

if you work at a company with a major scandal

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GOOD/FINE - minimal/no impact on your personal reputation… you’re low level in the grand scheme of things, sucks but not damning BAD - your company is seen as a direct reflection of/tied into your own personak brand, good or bad you are massuvely linked to & percieved this way

*Voting in this poll no longer yields commission.

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Heisenbum

Big Shot

5

Senior Account Executive

As much as I think what Deel did was idiotic, its not like a Theranos situation where they actually hurt people. Similarly, as long as my company isnt hurting people, I dont really care.

pirate

Big Shot

1

Account Executive

Agreed. Bad apples are everywhere but more rare for everything to be rotten

pirate

Big Shot

1

Account Executive

Changing my opinion here, until now I didn’t think CEO of Deel was involved that’s not really positive news for an organisation. Like the amount of lies from CEO… what else is he lying about?

Gasty

Notable Contributor

4

War Room Community Manager

Of course, no? If the company scams, doesn't make you a scammer.

Most people aren’t decision-makers at the top, and one bad headline doesn’t define an entire workforce. It definitely makes it tough to work there but shouldn't be the worst situation.

pirate

Big Shot

0

Account Executive

I agree but then we have likes of Theranos, FTX, Frank and now Deel where CEOs are involved then that’s a big bloody screaming scarlet letter to get out

Justatitle

Tycoon

3

Account Executive

Unless you are VP or above the company performance is very much non representative of you. thats why Hiring managers care about your numbers when they interview you not the company performance

jefe

Arsonist

4

🍁

We're all just cogs in the wheel.

Nobody thinks an AE is pulling those kinds of strings.

Sunbunny31

Arsonist

2

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Well, unless they are that specific "plant" at a company.

jefe

Arsonist

2

🍁

True, but then they're the marionette not the puppet master.

Still not a good look.

Sunbunny31

Arsonist

3

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Oh, especially not then. Can you imagine that dude trying to get a job anywhere else?

pirate

Big Shot

3

Account Executive

But like it wasn’t even an AE! It was a payroll manager. Keith OBrien

startedatatechunicorn

Personal Narrative

2

Sr. Account Executive (Client Dev) | Sales Team Lead

Golly no. And for the small comp he got to do it… yeeks

jefe

Arsonist

3

🍁

Is there more information on this? Haven't kept up.

How much did he get?!

Sunbunny31

Arsonist

2

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

I’m here for the rest of the story too!

pirate

Big Shot

3

Account Executive

Based on a news article: Guy applied to work at Deel, didn’t get it. Deel CEO proposed he spy for them. This payroll manager spy got paid 5k per month, first via bank transfer and then in crypto. Then Deel was like if you do it and don’t cooperate with Rippling we will relocate you and your family from Ireland to Dubai but left him dry pretty much. As he was arrested Deel CEO and legal told him to shift the narrative and tell everyone that he was finding sus Russian payments at Rippling which was obv false. So then OBrien didn’t want to keep up lie up

But it’s interesting because the Deel CEO seems like another fraud on Forbes 30 under 30 list

jefe

Arsonist

4

🍁

THANK YOU @pirate !!!

That's not even that much money.

The insanity continues

Sunbunny31

Arsonist

3

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

$60k. He did this for $60k.

That’s unbelievably cheap.

jefe

Arsonist

4

🍁

Might go further in Dublin than NA, but STILL.

Pennies.

For a complete loss of integrity, future employability, and likely incarceration/criminal record.

Talk about a cheap as chips Red Letter...

medhardwaredr

Politicker

3

Director of Sales NA

Outside of the feedback already on here it varies by person too. May reflect bad in one persons eyes, may be a flipping hero in another’s

medhardwaredr

Politicker

2

Director of Sales NA

Outside of the feedback already on here it varies by person too. May reflect bad in one persons eyes, may be a flipping hero in anothers

CuriousFox

WR Officer

1

🦊

fuck dem kids

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

0

ERP Sales

When they look at the resume and see Deel, I am sure they think something now

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