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I like the concept.

I almost built a slightly similar website as a side project, but never found the time to actually do it. The idea was similar (to include the tech stack and benefits), but I was going to focus entirely on work culture and communication as the differentiator to other job boards.

I never could figure out how I'd get companies to be up front and honest about that information. The reason I wanted to build this was because I really wanted to find jobs that didn't have any scheduled internal meetings, no expectations of a set work schedule, no expectations of participating in work "social" events, and no expectations of commuting into an office. Basically an entirely (or 80% at least) async job.

In the end, I never built that job board, and I never found that job. So I ended up founding a company that works like that instead.



Thanks Ryan! There are a bunch of other things we'd like to include on our profiles, like work culture and communication as you said, but it'll take some time for us to add them :)

Yes, sourcing the information is tricky and we a lot of it by hand, which is why it isn't always perfect. Agree that it would be epic to be able to find primarily async jobs - something for us to think about.

Glad you were able to create the environment you wanted with Haekka!


jobs that didn't have any scheduled internal meetings

Does it even exist?

I've found workplaces without daily standups but inevitably after six months to a year either the founders or a new manager decides to implement them. I don't have anything against regular meetings but I found that having to report on my progress every day to be stressful the first 6 months in a new job.


I’m 2 years into starting my own company and we don’t do schedules meetings. We don’t do commutes. We’re fully remote. We’re fully async. We have a slackbot that asks for an update, but that’s mostly for anyone who needs help getting unblocked. Most days people just ignore it, which honestly works out since when someone does respond it means they truly do need some assistance.


I meet once a week with my team and once a week with my manager, that's it.




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