Was zombie-Bench just acquired?
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Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42549343, which is currently on the front page.
Yes, looks like they were acquired by https://www.employer.com/ according to https://bench.co website,
press release on tech crunch: https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/30/bench-to-be-acquired-after...
press release on tech crunch: https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/30/bench-to-be-acquired-after...
Thanks for that second link! I've used it for the frontpage thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42549343).
What is "zombie-bench" ? There is no info on the internet
This is about Bench; “zombie” as in: “recently announced to be dead (shutting down)”[1].
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42523061
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42523061
Digging a little deeper shows a banner that says "Exciting news! Bench has been acquired by Employer.com"
Exciting news indeed.
From a comms and customer confidence standpoint, this seems like something you would rather have had happen on Thursday before Bench announced its shutdown to the world, but .
Who is Employer? According to a press release from Nov 22, 2024, "Recruiter Ventures, a leader in talent acquisition and workforce management solutions, today announced its strategic consolidation of its existing portfolio of brands and technologies under the Employer brand."
Will Recruiter Ventures continue to run the existing Bench machine with the existing Bench team? Will they still make a data export available to companies that have been spooked by all of this? We'll have to see.