Startup boss demotes new employee in front of their coworkers with no warning: 'I haven't even been here for 2 months, but this is all getting to be a bit too much'

What would you do if you were demoted with no warning? Startups can be interesting places to work because they tend to be the wild west. There is a different expectation about hours, benefits, and HR, because you all might be working to get something off the ground and build it together, rather than keep an institution going. There are positives to this, for sure. You might have a great sense of ownership of your work, and it might pay huge dividends in the long run. Think of the employees who got in on the ground floor of companies like Google. They probably had to sacrifice a lot in the beginning, but now they're made for life. But startup culture can also be difficult to navigate if you're looking for stability. And if egos and personalities start to clash, things can get heated very quickly. That's what happened to the employee in this story, who started a new job and didn't quite realize what they were in for. They shared their story to the r/work subreddit, airing their grievances and asking for advice.