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Comment by aniforprez | Hacker News Reader

I have a similar story but since it wasn't an internship and I had about 5 years experience in far better companies, I reacted with relief that I got out. I only stayed in the company for 2 weeks in which the CEO and his wife, who was the COO, yelled at me multiple times. I was yelled at for not understanding the code base and delivering a feature within 3 days of joining, trying to relax in my chair when they were talking, using their stash of tissue paper cause they didn't bother keeping some in the bathroom for wiping your hands etc. In retrospect I wonder how I even got through those 2 weeks without quitting on the second day. I just stopped showing up and the CEO came to my house, banged on my door to try and get me to delete their crappy code written by a mountain of interns from my personal laptop. I pretended I wasn't home and we later had a call where I deleted it all. I also wasn't paid for the time I worked there. Everyone who wasn't me was pretty much an intern writing awful code because they really didn't know any better

Unlike here I have no qualms about naming and shaming praktice.ai

> I also wasn't paid for the time I worked there.

That sounds like wage theft.

The effort it would have taken to try and get that money would have far surpassed what I was owed so I really didn't give a dog-diggety. I considered it payment for learning experience and moved on to better things

+1 for use of "dog-diggety"

State labor boards can be extremely harsh on these cases. It could have been as simple as making a report to your state’s labor agency and letting them handle it. If nothing else, it sends a message to the company that they can’t get away with it.

I’m sure the time has long passed for you, but it’s worth noting for any other people reading this who might end up in similar circumstances.

And that’s exactly why wage theft exceeds all other forms of theft. If someone steals from the cash register, the state bears the cost of proving it and punishing them. But when the boss steals, it’s up to the victim to foot the investigative bill, and it’s rarely worth it.

"Wage theft" would be if you weren't paid overtime you were owed. This is just theft.

Wage theft is denial of _any_ wages owed. Overtime or not.

“Hopefully the company aren’t working in an important area like healthcare” ... oh, that’s exactly what there are working in

Sounds the typical "I have an idea" leadership who wants slaves to implement their "vision", but who have no clue or skills to make a real product.

incredible. Thanks for naming and shaming; I hope this person is never able to fuck someone else like this.

I want to point out glassdoor is incredibly helpful for this. I already dodged a bullet because of that.

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