Hello!
I worked at Chess.com. I did a lot of work there, most of it unpaid. CEO Erik called me Miss Chess.com, but he also told me he considered my unpaid hours "volunteer."
I was recruiter, trainer, and manager of the Live Chess Presenters, who relayed the moves for all the tournaments.
I was recruiter, trainer, and manager of ChessTV moderators.
I tweeted for Chess.com.
I blogged.
I managed the broadcast schedule.
I turned every broadcast on and off and moderated and/or relayed during the shows.
I did various other tasks.
I was paid $100 per week, whether I worked 10 hours or 40+.
Danny Rensch called me his "lovely secretary," but for some reason he didn't think my time was worth even minimum wage.
I was wrongly (and illegally) not categorized as an employee. As a result, I did not receive benefits due to an employee and did not enjoy the teamwork and normal communications that come with most jobs.
When I asked to discuss my compensation, I was immediately fired by Danny Rensch. I mistakenly assumed they were not making a profit. I returned.
I supervised staff and trained staff and even trained my replacement. I worked with many actual volunteers, many of whom were highly productive and competent. When I suggested that they be paid something, they were within moments removed from their positions by Danny Rensch. One said the experience ruined his life.
After that, I told Erik they were "life-sucking thieves and liars." Eventually, they began to pay the people who had worked unpaid.
Because of these matters, I left Chess.com entirely and was a moderator at Chess24 for 8 years.
When I joined Chess.com, I was unfortunately not aware that they were systematically underpaying staff. See the attached.
The upcoming Netflix movie about the cheating scandal is ironic, given Chess.com's own cheating of its employees.
And, ironically, it seems that Erik plagiarized at Stanford University. This admission is on video. It so happens that I was hired by Bradley University to supervise a student who had plagiarized and who was required to redo his work. That person had a disability, which is the only reason he was given a second chance. I do enjoy knowing that I received better business and moral training than the CEO of Chess.com, and I promise that he will pay me for the work I did and for the anguish their incompetence and greed caused.
I know they will pay me so that I can return to live near my family.
Let it be known that I have been a huge chess fan all my life and was a true fan of Chess.com until I learned the truth and experienced what I did.
It's strange to know that Hikaru Nakamura and Hans Niemann (and others) have heard of me, although they surely don't know the full context.
Billionaire CEO Erik Allebest portrays himself as a wonderful and enlightened man, along with his feminist wife. I beg to differ, but I will not beg for the money they owe me and that I earned. I demand it.
Hello!
I worked at Chess.com. I did a lot of work there, most of it unpaid. CEO Erik called me Miss Chess.com, but he also told me he considered my unpaid hours "volunteer."
I was recruiter, trainer, and manager of the Live Chess Presenters, who relayed the moves for all the tournaments.
I was recruiter, trainer, and manager of ChessTV moderators.
I tweeted for Chess.com.
I blogged.
I managed the broadcast schedule.
I turned every broadcast on and off and moderated and/or relayed during the shows.
I did various other tasks.
I was paid $100 per week, whether I worked 10 hours or 40+.
Danny Rensch called me his "lovely secretary," but for some reason he didn't think my time was worth even minimum wage.
I was wrongly (and illegally) not categorized as an employee. As a result, I did not receive benefits due to an employee and did not enjoy the teamwork and normal communications that come with most jobs.
When I asked to discuss my compensation, I was immediately fired by Danny Rensch. I mistakenly assumed they were not making a profit. I returned.
I supervised staff and trained staff and even trained my replacement. I worked with many actual volunteers, many of whom were highly productive and competent. When I suggested that they be paid something, they were within moments removed from their positions by Danny Rensch. One said the experience ruined his life.
After that, I told Erik they were "life-sucking thieves and liars." Eventually, they began to pay the people who had worked unpaid.
Because of these matters, I left Chess.com entirely and was a moderator at Chess24 for 8 years.
When I joined Chess.com, I was unfortunately not aware that they were systematically underpaying staff. See the attached.
The upcoming Netflix movie about the cheating scandal is ironic, given Chess.com's own cheating of its employees.
And, ironically, it seems that Erik plagiarized at Stanford University. This admission is on video. It so happens that I was hired by Bradley University to supervise a student who had plagiarized and who was required to redo his work. That person had a disability, which is the only reason he was given a second chance. I do enjoy knowing that I received better business and moral training than the CEO of Chess.com, and I promise that he will pay me for the work I did and for the anguish their incompetence and greed caused.
I know they will pay me so that I can return to live near my family.
Let it be known that I have been a huge chess fan all my life and was a true fan of Chess.com until I learned the truth and experienced what I did.
It's strange to know that Hikaru Nakamura and Hans Niemann (and others) have heard of me, although they surely don't know the full context.
Billionaire CEO Erik Allebest portrays himself as a wonderful and enlightened man, along with his feminist wife. I beg to differ, but I will not beg for the money they owe me and that I earned. I demand it.
