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employee recognition and benefits
SHOW HN2013
178points
140comments
#89of 1,739 in 2013
Top 6%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
18 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 7 mixed, 28 critical, out of 72 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Design: 6 for, 7 againstIdea: 4 for, 7 againstDocs: 1 for, 5 againstPricing: 0 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean, sharp design and simple site
From 3 comments
Really sharp! I've been developing for years and a lot of my stuff doesn't look this sharp... =/
thelarry on HNI love the simplicity of this website! It also tackles a good problem employers have.
swat535 on HNgreat looking site!
cjreyes on HN
Tailored rewards concept fills a real gap
From 2 comments
This is very cool and a problem worth solving. Rypple is first the startup I heard of that focused on making employees feel good rather than simply tracking them but it only…
alabut on HNLove this service/idea, because i think (at least here in sweden) employee benefits lacks precisely this, cheap but qualitative benefits (which are not only discounts), like a…
klintcho on HN
Impressive for a first coding project
From 2 comments
Just going to spit out what first came into my head: - Pretty nice looking website for rolling sushi! - I can sign up to reward my employees by learning to roll sushi? Something…
beebs93 on HNReally sharp! I've been developing for years and a lot of my stuff doesn't look this sharp... =/
thelarry on HN
Objections
Homepage message unclear; hard to tell what product does
From 4 comments
Great job! Looking back, you'll see that learning to code was one of the best decisions you made. One minor thing - it took me about 7-10 seconds to understand what your product…
MatthewB on HNI have no idea what your website does.
btbuildem on HNWhat code , i just see a website.....
debian69 on HNI would swap the left/right sides of the homepage. You were giving me "reasons" for your product when I didn't know what it was yet, and I had to look around to figure out what…
matthuggins on HN
Reasons rotating carousel distracts from explaining product
From 1 comment
I think "the reason thing" changing pictures all the time is an inconvenient/annoying distraction. Cool effect but it doesn't help to explain your service at all (neither sells…
devgutt on HN
Pricing not shown upfront
From 2 comments
The site and service look absolutely great, nice work. One thing that caught my attention and raised a red flag though was the $5 per employee mention on the how it works page.…
tannerc on HNYou should be able to see most of the rewards without signing up.
Siecje on HN
Requests
Move headline or reason copy to top-left for clarity
From 3 comments
Very nice work! Could you maybe test switching the left and right part of the above the fold part? When I visited I started reading something about Sushi making and assumed you…
peterjancelis on HNI would swap the left/right sides of the homepage. You were giving me "reasons" for your product when I didn't know what it was yet, and I had to look around to figure out what…
matthuggins on HNNice work! I thought it was pretty obvious what the startup does, thought I might put the headline "Reward Your Employees" left, or top center, where it's likely to be the first…
lsemel on HN
Publish how the founder learned to code
From 3 comments
Where do you talk about the 'I learned to code' part? I don't see any mention of it on your site or your blog...
resu on HNAwesome. I did however expect a blog post covering how you learned to code, etc etc. Good luck.
cpursley on HNWhat were the coding steps you took? as too what did you learn first and etc.
a_1 on HN
Add pricing and FAQ pages
From 1 comment
Thanks, tannerc! We're going to put up a Pricing page. We wanted to release as quickly as possible, so a few pages didn't make the marketing site: Pricing, About, FAQ, Customer…
spencerfry on HN
Questions
How did you learn to code and which resources did you use
From 3 comments
Would you mind going briefly into what "I learned to code" entailed? Did you identify the languages/technologies you needed to learn at first? How did you go about learning them,…
princess3000 on HNSpencer is my hero, really. I'm learning how to program, and I am doing so, so as to get into the business of starting a startup, and he started a startup, and coded to fit into…
muster on HNWhat were the coding steps you took? as too what did you learn first and etc.
a_1 on HN
How the company name relates to the service
From 1 comment
How does the company name relate to the service itself? Do you help uncover "hidden gem" employees? Or does a client need to do that themselves, but you only help in arranging…
biot on HN
Whether benefits are taxable
From 1 comment
Are benefits like these taxable? My gut feeling is yes.
h1srf on HN
Alternatives named
BetterWorks
From 1 comment
Similar to BetterWorks? http://www.crunchbase.com/company/betterworks I remember Paige Craig was working on something similar. There was a business there but then when they…
jonathanjaeger on HN
Rypple
From 1 comment
This is very cool and a problem worth solving. Rypple is first the startup I heard of that focused on making employees feel good rather than simply tracking them but it only…
alabut on HN
AnyPerk
From 1 comment
Well, AnyPerk and similar services are discount based. From our what we believe section: "Discounts aren't effective. There's a difference between "here's a discount" and…
spencerfry on HN