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Getting a job at Bending Spoons comes with no bonus, no fancy title, and a warning—800,000 people applied anyway

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Getting a job at Bending Spoons comes with no bonus, no fancy title, and a warning—800,000 people applied anyway
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Joining Bending Spoons, the Italian tech conglomerate that owns Vimeo and AOL, comes with a warning. Each prospective hire is sent a list of its “controversial” workplace principles, which advises candidates to prepare for “considerable” challenges, workloads, and expectations. Those that don’t fully commit, don’t get the job. 



Despite this, Bending Spoons is regularly inundated with job applications. Last year, it received 800,000 CVs but hired only 286 people—making its recruitment pro

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