Santiago criticizes a hiring firm for rejecting and insulting a designer after an unpaid application
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Santiago (@svpino) criticizes a hiring firm for rejecting a designer who completed an unpaid design assignment, then calling his designs "slop." The firm was hiring for personal AI agent work.
The designer says he was rejected after completing the assignment, and he calls the company's request for free work and its feedback unfair. He also questions why anyone would work for the firm at $5k-$10k a month.
The report is a post by Santiago on X. It does not include a response from the company.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 15, 1:24 PM ET
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Santiago@svpinoXDesigner criticizes a hiring firm for unpaid work and calling his designs slopAIA designer says he was rejected by a company hiring for personal AI agent work, then complained he was not paid for a design assignment he completed. He calls the company's work-for-free and "slop" feedback unfair and questions why anyone would work for the firm at $5k-$10k a month.
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