Ask HN: What are signs of a startup failing?
For those of you that work at start-ups. What are some signs you look for that signal you to jump ship? Thanks.
Employees get tasked to things other than the core business of the startup. Usually consulting or some other side business.
Startups rarely ever die loudly. They just seem to crawl off away from everything else and try to die as quietly as possible.
* Hiring comes to a halt.
* Senior members begin quitting.
* Transparency becomes infrequent.
* Teams are being dismantled.
A few months later, I messaged the founder asking if he had an ETA for when the work hours would go back to normal. I got laid off after that.