Ask HN: My last job sucked, should I just let it go?

11 points

5 years ago

The last company I worked for (I quit a couple months back) was a nightmare. I was working 100~ hours per week, expected to work weekends, pay was lower than average and I was told by an exec that by law the US doesn't have to offer time off. I was never given an equity offer letter beyond what was agreed upon during negotiations (in other words I was lied to), and was repeatedly yelled at by the owner for no reason on various occasions.

Eventually I quit and my position was replaced with a friend / associate of the owner's (whom he had been in discussions with prior to me announcing I wanted to exit).

I signed no exit paperwork on my way out. In fact no one said anything to me. It was the most bizarre (and worst) job I've had in the last 20 years.

Should I write a blog post naming names and if so what does it gain me? Should I just let it go? Should I apply for unemployment even though I wasn't fired?

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