Work Anywhere other than ShortStack
Pros
It was a great place to work between 2011 and 2013.
Cons
I worked at ShortStack for nearly five years. I created all educational materials, including hundreds of pages of documentation, thousands of videos, and countless webinars, how-to guides, and eBooks. The team I was a part of was featured in INC Magazine, and my personal work was featured in Entrepreneur Magazine. Two months after I had shouldered the company's 2015 holiday push almost entirely by myself, CEO Jim Belosic walked up to me and said, "I'm terminating you." When I asked for a reason why, he couldn't provide one. In my five years, I never once had a review, and I never received any kind of warning. He didn't give me so much as a letter of recommendation. Now imagine being in your mid-thirties with a young family and trying to find a job with no references or recommendations from your previous employer. You're left attempting to explain what's essentially a five-year hole in your resume, and recruiters don't like that. Meanwhile, all of my work at ShortStack was repurposed, reuploaded, and promoted all over again. Even today, much of my work is still in use. I wasn't the only one. Jim terminated two other people that day, and didn't give either of them a reason either. He bought another car to add to his collection later that week. Shortly after I was terminated, I had to stop by the office to have Jim to fill out a Medicaid eligibility form so that my sick son could get care. That was asking too much of Jim, who erupted into an expletive-laden tirade. I recorded the entire exchange. I can provide a link. If you're looking for work, don't consider a job at ShortStack. If you already work at ShortStack, get out. Your family, future, and career all depend on it.
