Niki

So I’m getting fired from Roam Research (which is fine) while being owed $70K in compensation (not fine). Some of it goes as far back as 2021!

I guess rumors are true, don’t work there, don’t trust them to keep their word, or take 100% payment up front.

Jul 18, 2023 at 4:36pmWeb
Show threadNikiJul 18, 2023

Re: legal actions etc.

Technically I got everything I’m owed due to contract, so no shot here. Extra $70K were only promised in email.

And now CEO says “I’m delusional to think it was ever in the picture”, in answer to the literal picture of an email _from him_.

Show threadNikiJul 18, 2023
Re: why dragging this to public? Because I don’t want the same to happen to anybody else. I don’t like doing it, I stress about it as fuck, I prefer—and tried, multiple times—to solve it quietly. This is the very, very last resort.
Show threadNikiJul 18, 2023
It’s 2023, US and Europe are the centers of civilized world, and nobody should be fighting for the money they were promised in plain English. It’s not even I thought/he thought situation! It’s all in writing! I’ve had enough of that bullshit in early 2000-s in Russia.
Show threadNikiJul 18, 2023
Re: next gig. I have some savings, so I’m going full open-source for the rest of the year, @borkdude -style. We’ll see how it goes from there. Initially I planned to use that money for 2+ years OSS sabbatical, but I guess it’ll have to be shorter now.
Show threadNikiJul 18, 2023

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Show threadmikesub.netJul 18, 2023
@nikitonsky oh wow. it sucks. good luck with your OSS journey!
Show threadNikiJul 19, 2023
@mikesub thanks!
Show threadJames Conroy-FinnJul 18, 2023
@nikitonsky I’m sorry to hear that, Niki. Sucks when relationships go this way. I hope you’re holding up okay.
Show threadNikiJul 18, 2023
@jcf thanks! yeah, I’m fine though, feeling some sort of relief actually, and looking forward for what’s to come
Show threadJames Conroy-FinnJul 18, 2023

@nikitonsky I've had that same sense of relief when escaping a stressful situation. You feel a palpable weight lifted, and suddenly, possibilities present themselves.

It's a shame we never got to work together. I've been a fan of your no-nonsense approach to building awesome shit for a long time.

If I’m ever hiring at a startup cutting Clojure, you'll be top of my list of collaborators, Niki!

Show threadNikiJul 18, 2023
@jcf Thanks!
Show threadBorys PierovJul 18, 2023
@nikitonsky I know that happened in Canada, but still https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/07/business/farmer-contract-thumbs-up-emoji/index.html - I'd absolutely ask around OSS community for any lawyers interested in picking up the case.
Show threadNikiJul 19, 2023
@ashald nice story!
Show threadAlex TrineJul 18, 2023
@nikitonsky That really sucks. Take care and some rest!
Show threadNikiJul 19, 2023
@avrong Thanks!
Show threadwflemingJul 18, 2023
@nikitonsky so sorry to hear that, if it is any consolation the one time I had an interaction with them they came off as very unprofessional. Hope you get what you are owed!
Show threadNikiJul 19, 2023
@wfleming Thanks! Yeah it seems it’s a tradition here. People just bounce off them