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Generally there wouldn't be any positive comments on an advertising post.

OK, and?

I don't care if Flexport offers foosball. I do care if 20 people say "I was hired, and they pulled my offer three days before my start date."

How do you know those people are telling the truth or even people? Remember, there is a lot of astroturf on the Internet. A good way to spot corporate astroturf is to watch which companies have people who defend them no matter what they do. Another tip is look for companies which are bashed even when they do great work. That is a sign one of their competitors is paying for astroturf.

VC leadership isn't going to want fair

Here are some pointers to why HN doesn’t have comments on job posts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32586658

Thanks - there's also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31602113, as well as this from pg in 2010:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2022116

HN companies have a history of breaking labor laws - I have noticed several times that posts hiring in NYC for example do not include salary ranges, which is required by law.

It is not surprising.