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One-third of Basecamp employees quit within two weeks of political talk ban
“Ultimately about a third of the company quit in a matter of is it a week or two.”
DHH: Basecamp Intentionally Avoids Expanding to Hundreds of Employees
“I don't think we could do the things that we could do if we were 300 people or a thousand people, which is actually one of the main reasons we try not to get to that, Right? Like, I don't want to work at a place that has 300 people or a thousand people that I …”
Jeff Bezos bought Basecamp shares directly from founders, not as primary capital
“So Jeff Bezos bought a small piece of my shares and David shares. None of his money went into the business. The money went into my bank account and David's bank account.”
Basecamp grew to its largest headcount ever following the 2021 staff walkout
“We, we've actually grown significantly bigger than we've ever been. So we rehired a bunch of people and then have hired more since. At the time that happened, we were about 60, now we're about 80, biggest we've ever been.”
DHH: Basecamp Strictly Enforces a 40-Hour Work Week
“We work 40 hour weeks, eight hours, five days a week, right?”
Basecamp's team of 60 in 2021 was its largest ever
“Managing 60 people is just hard. This is the biggest we've ever been.”
DHH: Basecamp Operates on Six-Week Cycles Separated by Reflection Breaks
“There's a clock frequency, essentially, at Basecamp. And that clock frequency runs on six-week cycles. Every six weeks, we stop for a week or two and take stock of what we've done in the past six weeks and what we're going to do next.”