In the automatic response they told me that they expect to give me the decision before this deadline.
Contrary to the promise, I don’t get any response.
There is an obvious disconnect here. A statement that someone “expects” to do something is not a promise, especially not when made in an automated response. If Igor misread this as a promise, and given that he has not provided exact quotes of the other alleged promises, it seems quite plausible that nobody ever promised anything, and that Igor was imprudent in re-arranging his life based on a pending grant application. If I’m right about that, then Igor has defamed EAIF by accusing them of “lies”.
The title is a tad sensationalist and not very specific, which is fine I think, had you provided evidence. While I have no reason to distrust you, it normalizes bad conversational culture.
I’ve heard of many such cases of this from EA Funds (including myself). My impression is that they only had one person working full-time managing all three funds (no idea if this has changed since I applied or not).
Exact quotes from emails between you and your manager would make it easier for outsiders to judge for themselves the degree of miscommunication vs broken agreements.
I tried to use the exact quotes while describing things that they sent me because it’s easy for me to misrepresent their actions, and I don’t want tit to be the case.
Yeah, the TLDR sounds worse than the story, so the story might aound worse than the correspondence.
But Igor presumably had some reasoning for not publishing it immediately. Preserving privacy? An opportunity for the fund to save face? The former would have worked better without the name drop, and the latter seems antithetical to local culture...
This is frustrating to discover, as I’ve found your posts quite helpful. Separate from the discussion about how this happened, is there anything people unrelated to the situation can do to help you very generally? whether that’s staying on your existing track or making life changes in response to the situation.
There is an obvious disconnect here. A statement that someone “expects” to do something is not a promise, especially not when made in an automated response. If Igor misread this as a promise, and given that he has not provided exact quotes of the other alleged promises, it seems quite plausible that nobody ever promised anything, and that Igor was imprudent in re-arranging his life based on a pending grant application. If I’m right about that, then Igor has defamed EAIF by accusing them of “lies”.
FYI Caleb has responded on the EA forum crosspost
The title is a tad sensationalist and not very specific, which is fine I think, had you provided evidence.
While I have no reason to distrust you, it normalizes bad conversational culture.
Strong downvote for style, upvote for content.
I’ve heard of many such cases of this from EA Funds (including myself). My impression is that they only had one person working full-time managing all three funds (no idea if this has changed since I applied or not).
Yes, this story sounds like the default way EA Funds operates and not like an outlier.
Exact quotes from emails between you and your manager would make it easier for outsiders to judge for themselves the degree of miscommunication vs broken agreements.
Over on EAF Caleb said tentative no to releasing the emails, and wants more time to think
I tried to use the exact quotes while describing things that they sent me because it’s easy for me to misrepresent their actions, and I don’t want tit to be the case.
Yeah, the TLDR sounds worse than the story, so the story might aound worse than the correspondence.
But Igor presumably had some reasoning for not publishing it immediately. Preserving privacy? An opportunity for the fund to save face? The former would have worked better without the name drop, and the latter seems antithetical to local culture...
This is frustrating to discover, as I’ve found your posts quite helpful. Separate from the discussion about how this happened, is there anything people unrelated to the situation can do to help you very generally? whether that’s staying on your existing track or making life changes in response to the situation.