Firstly, an appreciation of the Medium tag use for a passive aggressive poke at LinkedIn. I am in awe, sir.

Oh, yeah. Once I figured out they were using and abusing the IC status of the tax code to staff what amounted to an early Uber-style labor force, I plotted my exit. It took a while but… always signed everything with a rubber stamp signature that was kept in an unlocked drawer in an unlocked office. “Yes, that is my signature, but a lot of folks have access, your honor. For convenience as I travel a bit…” “Yes, your honor, very careless…”

I don’t know if that would have held up in court but it assuaged a bit of anxiety until I found a way out.

I’ll never do HR again, even though it is the best thing I do and I love recruiting and training folks … but the world has changed, most things are bait and switch and you end up lying to people you ask to trust you. I can’t do that.