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A Revolt Is Brewing at Prince Harry’s Silicon Valley Gig BetterUp
The Daily Beast ^ | April 27, 2022 | Noah Kirsch

Posted on 04/27/2022 6:18:05 AM PDT by Cecily

Prince Harry signed on as the chief impact officer of BetterUp last spring, promising to help promote the startup’s mission of “mental fitness” and its army of more than 2,000 professional coaches. It’s likely a lucrative gig for the British royal: BetterUp raised $300 million at a $4.7 billion valuation in October.

But just six months later, an uprising has been brewing among the company’s career coaches following BetterUp’s recent announcement that it would modify their contracts—resulting in what those mentors said was effectively a sneaky pay cut—according to six coaches who spoke with The Daily Beast.

“There’s so many of us now who are upset,” said one coach whose effective pay was slated to fall by nearly a third, speaking on condition of anonymity in order to discuss private company matters. “I would say my heart is broken. And I think there’s really questionable ethics going on.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: betterup; princeharry; royalgrifters
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I would have no use for any type of life coach, but definitely not some stranger coaching me online.
1 posted on 04/27/2022 6:18:05 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Cecily

Life coach? Good grief. I always thought a “life coach” was called a father and a mother, grandparents, aunts and uncles, or a mentor.


2 posted on 04/27/2022 6:24:42 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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These life coaches aren’t cheap either. Lots of money to be made “mentoring” people if an employer isn’t picking up the tab as a job benefit.


3 posted on 04/27/2022 6:27:20 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Cecily

He really should move out of the U.S.A.


4 posted on 04/27/2022 6:27:45 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: rigelkentaurus

The fact that this company exists and prospers demonstrates just how isolated and vapid people have become in this era of neo pagan cultural decadence.


5 posted on 04/27/2022 6:29:25 AM PDT by allendale
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To: Cecily

Ugh... blind leading the blind.


6 posted on 04/27/2022 6:38:53 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Cecily
It’s likely a lucrative gig for the British royal: BetterUp raised $300 million at a $4.7 billion valuation in October.

At the end of 2020, America's largest natural gas supplier, EQT, which supplied about 4% of the TOTAL energy used in the United States, had a valuation of $4 billion. At the same time, Facebook had a market cap of $1 Trillion.

I often feel America is increasingly an unserious country.

7 posted on 04/27/2022 6:44:41 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: rigelkentaurus

Well said!


8 posted on 04/27/2022 6:47:50 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: Cecily

If they are upset about such trivial things as a sneaky 30% pay cut, at least they can talk to each other about it...they probably get a friends and family discount!


9 posted on 04/27/2022 6:50:21 AM PDT by LizzieD
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To: Cecily

I agree. Who uses this???


10 posted on 04/27/2022 6:52:23 AM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: Ann Archy

Ugh... blind leading the blind.

Worse than that , in some cases, the stupid leading the stupider.


11 posted on 04/27/2022 6:59:41 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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To: Cecily

Is Prince Ginger taking a pay cut???


12 posted on 04/27/2022 7:11:43 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: leaning conservative

this guy needs it

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13 posted on 04/27/2022 7:13:08 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

Harry is a nut job.


14 posted on 04/27/2022 7:30:31 AM PDT by dandiegirl (BOBBY m)
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To: Cecily

“I would say my heart is broken.”

I would say your brain is broken.


15 posted on 04/27/2022 7:36:43 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Cecily

Is he also using the Invictus Games for wounded vets to promote this company?


16 posted on 04/27/2022 7:39:57 AM PDT by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: Cecily

just another tempest in the not-so-royal teapot ...


17 posted on 04/27/2022 7:40:16 AM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: Cecily

Coach to be p-whipped?


18 posted on 04/27/2022 8:33:21 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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To: pnz1

Yes he is, but if I were an injured vet with mental and emotional issues to work out, I would want an in-person, credentialed therapist, not some Zoom call, fly-by-night life coach.


19 posted on 04/27/2022 8:37:17 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Cecily

I recall seeing a resume on Twitter of a ditzy looking blonde chick, 23 years old with the current job of “Life Coach”.


20 posted on 04/27/2022 8:41:18 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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